wagons
plural of wagon
• Swango, gowans
Source: Wiktionary
Wag"on, n. Etym: [D. wagen. sq. root136. See Wain.]
1. A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.
Note: In the United States, light wagons are used for the conveyance of persons and light commodities.
2. A freight car on a railway. [Eng.]
3. A chariot [Obs.] Spenser.
4. (Astron.)
Definition: The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.
Note: This word and its compounds are often written with two g's (waggon, waggonage, etc.), chiefly in England. The forms wagon, wagonage, etc., are, however, etymologically preferable, and in the United States are almost universally used. Wagon boiler. See the Note under Boiler, 3.
– Wagon ceiling (Arch.), a semicircular, or wagon-headed, arch or ceiling; -- sometimes used also of a ceiling whose section is polygonal instead of semicircular.
– Wagon master, an officer or person in charge of one or more wagons, especially of those used for transporting freight, as the supplies of an army, and the like.
– Wagon shoe, a skid, or shoe, for retarding the motion of a wagon wheel; a drag.
– Wagon vault. (Arch.) See under 1st Vault.
Wag"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wagoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Wagoning.]
Definition: To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.
Wag"on, v. i.
Definition: To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
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