Lexicographical Neighbors of Laggen
Literary usage of Laggen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"Legen or leggen is not understood to have any affinity in its etymology to the
word leg, but is laggen, that part of the staves which projects from the ..."
2. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"He was grease an' muck o' ower; covered frae lug ta laggen. In a tub "lug and
laggen " includes the whole of the parts. LUG-MARK—A sheep's ear punched or ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"The hindmost or last, Fife ; apparently from log and aback. LAGENE, laggen, s.
1. The projecting part of the staves, &c.l Add to etymon ..."
4. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Fragment of Ode. But now he lags on death's hog-score, Tarn Samson s El., 5.
laggen [the angle between the side and the bottom of a wooden dish]. ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire by Egerton Leigh (1877)
"OCS LADY Cow, s.—The lady bird. L. THE LADY POPLAR, s.—Populus alba, the great
white poplar. L. LAG, j.—A stave. " Lag of the barrel." L. laggen, or ..."
6. An Attempt at a Glossary of Some Words Used in Cheshire-- by Roger Wilbraham (1836)
"... or laggen, v. is to close the seams of any wooden vessels which have opened
from drought, so as to make them hold water. This is done by throwing the ..."
7. The Historians of Scotland (1880)
"... and during the whole of this time food was so plentiful and abundant in
Scotland, that a laggen of good beer sold commonly for twopence, and a laggen, ..."
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