Flagon

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flagon \Flag"on\, n. [F. flacon, for flascon, fr. OF. flasche,
     from LL. flasco. See {Flask}.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale.
                                                    --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flagon
       n : a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout;
           used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Flagon
     Heb. ashishah, (2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Chr. 16:3; Cant. 2:5; Hos. 3:1),
     meaning properly "a cake of pressed raisins." "Flagons of wine"
     of the Authorized Version should be, as in the Revised Version,
     "cakes of raisins" in all these passages. In Isa. 22:24 it is
     the rendering of the Hebrew _nebel_, which properly means a
     bottle or vessel of skin. (Comp. 1 Sam. 1:24; 10:3; 25:18; 2
     Sam. 16:1, where the same Hebrew word is used.)