Flagon
['flæg(ə)n] or ['flægən]
Definition
(noun.) a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine).
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Definition
(n.) A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.
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Definition
n. a vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids.
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Examples
- The Friar dropped the flagon, and grasped his quarter-staff. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As the flagon went round, the rough foresters soon lost their awe for the presence of Majesty. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- So Jos tottered into that apartment where Regulus still sate on the kitchen table, and clung fast to his flagon of beer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But come, fill a flagon, for it will crave some time to tune the harp; and nought pitches the voice and sharpens the ear like a cup of wine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It would appear, too, that they were fairly well paid for their labor, as Pepys, in his Diary, refers to a present made him of a pair of flagons which cost ￡100. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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