flagon Definition
flagon (flag′ən)
noun
- a container for liquids, with a handle, a narrow neck, a spout, and, sometimes, a lid
- the contents of a flagon
Etymology: ME < OFr flacon < LL flasco: see flask
flagon Synonyms
flagon Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- ale: Yet when she returned to the inn, she saw that the loaf of bread was untouched and the flagon of ale was full.
- wine: Arriving in Algiers, it unloaded and left for Mostaganem where it took on barrels and, below deck, flagons of wine.
- mead: Flagons of mead, ale or wine are placed on the tables.
- mercury: In the next room I saw several large vessels of muscatel wine and four flagons of mercury, each containing about ten pounds.
- water: Everyone had their own water bottle and a flagon of water was always kept in each of the two Toyotas.
Converse of object
- include: The collection included unusual pewter flagons, measures, chargers and plates and was estimated to fetch between £ 10,000 â £ 12,000.
- fill: In front of her is a flagon filled with nectar and beside her the much coveted cow of plenty.
- make: All had been concealed in a gray flagon made at the well-known pottery production of Alice Holt in present-day Hampshire.
Adjective modifier
- pewter: There are also two pewter flagons, dated 1703.
- silver: One peculiarity should be noticed, the rarity of silver Communion flagons, especially in Cumberland, down to recent times.
- small: Three coarseware cinerary urns containing cremated bones and also two small flagons.
- great: And when we drink again it shall be from the great flagons in the tavern at the end of the world.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near flagon
- ‹ flagman
- ‹ flagitious
- ‹ flagging
- ‹ flageolet
- ‹ flagellum
- ‹ flagellin
- ‹ flagelliform
- ‹ flagellation
- ‹ flagellate
- ‹ flagellant

