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Untrue or incorrect information. 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.
INCORRECT
1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not
INFORMATION
A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal
INCORRECTLY
Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.
UNTRUE
1. Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue. 2. Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. Chaucer.
INCORRECTNESS
The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance.
INCORRECTION
Want of correction, restraint, or discipline. Arnway.
MISINFORMATION
Untrue or incorrect information. Bacon.