Part 857

<h1>Bacon</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Ba"con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>bacon</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>bacho</ets>, <ets>bahho</ets>, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. <ets>back</ets>. Cf. <ets>Back</ets> the back side.]</ety> <def>The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.</def>

<cs><col>Bacon beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a beetle (<spn>Dermestes lardarius</spn>) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See <er>Dermestes</er>.</cd> -- <col>To save one's bacon</col>, <cd>to save one's self or property from harm or less.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Baconian</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Ba*co"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.</def>

<cs><col>Baconian method</col>, <cd>the inductive method. See <er>Induction</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bacteria</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.p.</tt> <def>See <er>Bacterium</er>.</def>

<h1>Bacterial</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to bacteria.</def>

<h1>Bactericidal</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te"ri*ci`dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destructive of bacteria.</def>

<h1>Bactericide</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te"ri*cide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bacterium</ets> + L. <ets>caedere</ets> to kill]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Germicide</er>.</def>

<h1>Bacteriological</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te"ri*o*log`ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to bacteriology; <as>as, <ex>bacteriological</ex> studies</as>.</def>

<h1>Bacteriologist</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te"ri*ol`o*gist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in bacteriology.</def>

<h1>Bacteriology</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te"ri*ol`o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bacterium</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>. ]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The science relating to bacteria.</def>

<h1>Bacterioscopic</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te`ri*o*scop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to bacterioscopy; <as>as, a <ex>bacterioscopic</ex> examination</as>.</def>

<h1>Bacterioscopist</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te`ri*os"co*pist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations.</def>

<h1>Bacterioscopy</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te`ri*os"co*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bacterium</ets> + <ets>-scopy</ets> ]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.</def>

<h1>Bacterium</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac*te"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bacteria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr.<ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>, a staff: cf. F. <ets>bact\'82rie</ets>. ]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Alg\'91, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See <er>Bacillus</er>.</def>