wagon, waggon (wagon)

[Early mod. E. also in pl. waganes; Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, Towards Phœbus' lodging; such a waggoner As Phaethon would whip you to the west. vehicle; a wain; specifically, a four-wheeled vehicle designed for the transport of heavy loads, or (of lighter build) for various purposes of busine , as the delivery of goods purchased at a shop, or of expre packages; loosely, 3. [ cap.] The constellation Auriga. See Auriga. such a vehicle, similar to the lighter busine wagons, used for pleasure. The typical heavy wagon a strong vehicle drawn by two or three horses yoked abreast, the fore wheels much smaller than the Shak., R. and J., iii. 2. 2. IMG:content-1991.png:[blocks in formation] hind pair, and their axle swiveled to the body of the wagoner2+ (wag'on-er), n. An atlas of charts: wagon to facilitate turning. They tru ed all their harnes in waganes . Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., I. Ixii. Reeling with grapes, red waggons choke the way. Byron, Beppo, st. 42. Some of the inland traffic was still done by means of pack-horses. But there were also waggons , which, by the divine permi ion, started for every town of note in England. J. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 166. 2. An open four-wheeled vehicle for the conveyance of goods on railways. [Great Britain.] -3t. A chariot. Then to her yron wagon she betakes, And with her beares the fowle welfavourd witch. IMG:content-1992.png:[blocks in formation] 4. A tool for trimming the edges of gold-leaf to size for a book. It consists of a frame carrying four adhere to cane as it would to metal. E. H. Knight. 5. In mining, a car; a mine-car. - Conestoga wagon, a type of broad-wheeled wagon for the transportation of merchandise, made at Conestoga in Pennsylvania, originally for freighting goods over the deep soil of southern and western Pennsylvania: afterward it became the common vehicle of settlers going out on the prairies. edges of cane for cutting the gold-leaf, which does not The road seemed actually lined with Conestoga wagons , each drawn by six stalwart horses and laden with farm Josiah Quincy , Figures of the Past, p. 206. Gipsy wagon. See Gipsy . Skeleton wagon. See produce. skeleton. wagon (wag'on), v. t. [ Burnside having answered for the safety of the road, it had been determined to wagon a portion of the [bridge] equipages to Fred ericks burg. Comte de Paris , Civil War in America (trans.), II. 563.