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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [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.)
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