lagan

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L0017100 (lăg′ən) also li·gan (lī′gən) or lag·end (lăg′ənd)n. Cargo or equipment thrown into the sea but attached to a float or buoy so that it can be recovered.

[French, from Old French, possibly from Old Norse lögn, lagn-; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]

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(ˈlæɡən) or

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n (Nautical Terms) goods or wreckage on the sea bed, sometimes attached to a buoy to permit recovery. Compare flotsam, jetsam[C16: from Old French lagan, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse lögn dragnet]

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(ˈlæg ən)

n. goods thrown or sunk in the sea but attached to a buoy so that they may be recovered. [1525–35; < Middle French]

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lagan - goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recoveredlagend, liganwreckage - the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors"

Lagan

(lăg`ən), river, c.40 mi (60 km) long, rising in Slieve Croob, SE Northern Ireland. It flows NW, then NE past Lisburn to Belfast Lough at Belfast. The port of Belfast and its shipbuilding yards are located at the mouth of the Lagan; a canal joins the river to Lough Neagh.

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[′lag·ən] (engineering) A heavy object thrown overboard and buoyed to mark its location for future recovery.

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noun goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered

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