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Definition of Flagons
1. flagon [n] - See also: flagon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagons
Literary usage of Flagons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Among which are by John Nichols (1823)
"Item, oone paire of potts guilt, per oz. 208 £ oz. Item, oone paire of guilt
flagons, per oz. 180 £ oz. Item, oone paire of lesser flagons guilt, per oz. ..."
2. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages: A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison (1908)
"... made into cups, flagons, and the like. These were brought from Constantinople
in 1204, when the city was captured by the Venetians. ..."
3. Old English Plate: Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic : Its Makers and by Wilfred Joseph Cripps (1894)
"... COMMUNION CUPS AND PATENS — flagons — ALMS-DISHES — CANDLESTICKS. THE preceding
chapters have dealt with the marks by which the age and authenticity of ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"... whose words are as flagons of wine. THAT continence came to him. " Así hermoso,
y de alegre luz vestido, Que solo la pudiera ver dormido. ..."
5. Old Church Plate in the Diocese of Carlisle, with the Makers and Marks: To by Richard Saul Ferguson, Legh Richmond Ayre (1882)
"Down to quite recent times silver communion flagons were rare in these parts,
especially in ... These flagons, known to have been at Kendal church in 1679, ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... S. The term used in the original is corner, to wind a born. " HUM they did
carouse it, and pluck (as we say) at the kid's leather : and flagons to trot, ..."
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