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单词 lagan
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lagann.

Brit. /ˈlaɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈlæɡ(ə)n/
Forms: Also 1500s lagen, 1600s, 1700s lagon, ligan, 1800s lagend.
Etymology: < Old French lagan, laguen, lagand (whence medieval Latin laganum ); perhaps of Scandinavian origin, from the root of lie v.1, lay v.1 Compare Old Norse lǫgn, plural lagnir, ‘a net laid in the sea’ (Vigfusson). The spelling ligan seems to be due to pseudo-etymology.
Law.
Goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea. Cf. flotsam n. and jetsam n.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > wrecked vessel > pieces of
shipwreck?a1100
lagan1531
wrake1544
wreck1744
wreckage1846
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > cargo > cargo cast out to be later retrieved
jetsam1491
lagan1641
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition > a ruin or wreck > ruins
tatter1402
ash1553
downfall1575
destruction1585
parietines1621
masure1623
detriments1632
wreck1713
wrecking1855
lagan1906
1200 Carta de Dunewic in W. Stubbs Select Charters (1895) 311 De ewagio de wrec et lagan.]
1531 Charterparty in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Admiralty (1894) 37 Yff the sayd shype take any pryse purchase any flotson or lagen.
1533 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Admiralty (1894) 37 Flotezon or lagason.
1591 Articles conc. Admiralty 21 July §6 Any ship, yron, leade, or other goods floating or lying under the water or in the depth, of which there is no possessor or owner, which commonly are called Flotzon, Jetson, and Lagan.
1605 E. Coke Rep. (1624) v. 106 b Lagan (vel potius ligan) est quand [etc.; translated in quot. 1641].
1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 193 Lagan is such a parcell of goods as the Mariners in a danger of shipwracke cast out..and fasten to them a boigh or corke, that so they may finde them... These goods are called Lagan or Ligan à ligando.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) i. 18 [citing Cook] Flotsan, Jetsan and Lagan are goods on or in the Sea, and..they belong to the King.
1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) i. ii. x. 143 To the Lord High Admiral belongs..a Share of all lawful Prizes, Lagon..that is, goods lying in the Sea, on Ground.
1865 C. Kingsley Hereward I. vi. 171 Prowling about the shore after the waifs of the storm, deserted jetsom and lagend.
1894 Act 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 §510 In this Part of this Act..‘wreck’ includes jetsam, flotsam, lagan, and derelict found in or on the shores of the sea or any tidal water.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 13 June 4/2 These are, says Mr. Clifford, the ‘ligan’ of history.
1909 Daily Chron. 20 Mar. 5/5 The custody of flotsam, jetsam, and ligan.
1952 Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable 534/2 Lagan, or Ligan, goods thrown overboard, but marked by a buoy in order to be found again.

Derivatives

ˈlagander n. Obsolete an officer (at Calais) who takes charge of lagan or wreckage.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > associated shore-based personnel > [noun] > person in charge of wreckage
lagander1526
wreck-master1832
wreck commissioner1876
1526 in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 86 If ther be anie manner of Wracke found by the sea coste, it muste be presented to the Lagander or to the Sergeante..broughte to the foresaide Lagander's hous.
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