 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wagon
noun
1: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or
tractor [syn: {waggon}]
2: van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: {police van},
{police wagon}, {paddy wagon}, {patrol wagon}, {black
Maria}]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa
Major [syn: {Big Dipper}, {Dipper}, {Plough}, {Charles's
Wain}, {Wain}]
4: a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
[syn: {coaster wagon}]
5: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind
rear seat [syn: {beach wagon}, {station wagon}, {beach
waggon}, {station waggon}, {waggon}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wagon \Wag"on\, noun [D. wagen. [root]136. See {Wain}.]
1. A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually
drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight
or merchandise.
Note: In the United States, light wagons are used for the
conveyance of persons and light commodities.
2. A freight car on a railway. [Eng.]
3. A chariot [Obs.] --Spenser.
4. (Astron.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.
Note: This word and its compounds are often written with two
g's (waggon, waggonage, etc.), chiefly in England. The
forms wagon, wagonage, etc., are, however,
etymologically preferable, and in the United States are
almost universally used.
{Wagon boiler}. See the Note under {Boiler}, 3.
{Wagon ceiling} (Arch.), a semicircular, or wagon-headed,
arch or ceiling; -- sometimes used also of a ceiling whose
section is polygonal instead of semicircular.
{Wagon master}, an officer or person in charge of one or more
wagons, especially of those used for transporting freight,
as the supplies of an army, and the like.
{Wagon shoe}, a skid, or shoe, for retarding the motion of a
wagon wheel; a drag.
{Wagon vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Vault}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wagon \Wag"on\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Wagoned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wagoning}.]
To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from
city to city.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wagon \Wag"on\, verb (used without an object)
To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between
Philadelphia and its suburbs.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "wagon":
Black Maria, Conestoga wagon, barge, boat, bus, caravan, carryall,
cart, coach, covered wagon, cruiser, dray, ferry, float, haul,
haywagon, lighter, paddy wagon, patrol car, patrol wagon,
police van, prairie schooner, prowl car, raft, ship, sled, sledge,
squad car, truck, van, waggon, wain, wheelbarrow
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Wagon
Heb. aghalah; so rendered in Gen. 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5; Num. 7:3,
7,8, but elsewhere rendered "cart" (1 Sam. 6:7, etc.). This
vehicle was used for peaceful purposes. In Ezek. 23:24, however,
it is the rendering of a different Hebrew word, and denotes a
war-chariot.
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