flagon

[flag-uh n] /ˈflæg ən/
noun
1.
a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
2.
a container for holding liquids, as for use at table, especially one with a handle, a spout, and usually a cover.
Origin
1425-75; late Middle English, variant of flakon < Middle French fla(s)con < Late Latin flascōn- (stem of flascō) flask
Examples from the web for flagon
  • The flagon with the dragon holds the brew that is true.
British Dictionary definitions for flagon

flagon

/ˈflæɡən/
noun
1.
a large bottle of wine, cider, etc
2.
a vessel having a handle, spout, and narrow neck
Word Origin
C15: from Old French flascon, from Late Latin flascō, probably of Germanic origin; see flask
Word Origin and History for flagon
n.

mid-15c., from Middle French flacon, Old French flascon, from Late Latin flasconem (nominative flasco) "bottle" (see flask).

flagon in the Bible

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.)