Bā'con, n.

(bā'kn), n. [O. Fr. & Pr. bacon, O. H. Ger. bacho, back, O. D. baec, ham, L. Lat. baco, bacco, bacho, ham, salt pork. Cf. Ger. bache, a wild sow, and bacher, becker, a wild boar.] Hog's flesh salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke. To save one's bacon, to preserve one's self from harm.