Word Meanings - COBIRON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An andiron with a knob at the top. Bacon.

BACON
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle , a beetle which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's
BACONIAN
Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy. Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.
ANDIRON
A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons. (more info) landier, fr. LL. andena, andela, anderia, of unknown origin. The Eng.
HANDIRON
See ANDRION