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Term: LAGON
Definition: Lagon refers to goods that are left behind at sea but are attached to a buoy so that they can be recovered later. It can also refer to wreckage or cargo that is lying on the seabed. Other terms for lagon include lagend, ligan, logan, and ligen. It is different from flotsam, jetsam, and waveson.
Definition: Lagon (lag-uhn) is another spelling of LAGAN. Lagan (lag-uhn) refers to goods that are abandoned at sea but attached to a buoy so that they may be recovered. It can also refer to wreckage or cargo lying on the seabed.
Examples:
The first example illustrates the first definition of lagan, where goods are abandoned at sea but attached to a buoy so that they may be recovered. The second example illustrates the second definition of lagan, where wreckage or cargo is lying on the seabed.