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term, where it is more particularly confined to the large vehicles employed in the carrying of agricultural produce. It is also used of the uncovered heavy See also:

ROLLING

rolling stock for goods on See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. In See also:

AMERICA

America the term is applied also to lighter vehicles, such as are used for See also:

EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express delivery, See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

WORK

work, &c., and to various forms of four-wheeled vehicles used for See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving, to which the English term " See also:

CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

cart " would be given. The word " wagon " appears to be a See also:

DIRECT

direct See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Du. Wagen (cf. Ger. Wagen, Swed. Vagn, &c.). See also:

SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat finds the earliest use of the word in See also:

Lord Berner's See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

FROISSART, JEAN (1338-1410?)

Froissart (1523-1525), so that it is by no means an See also:

early word. The O.E. cognate word was wasgn, later See also:

wren, by dropping of g (cf. regn, ren, See also:

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain), See also:

MODERN

modern " wain." The See also:

root of all these cognate words, meaning to carry, is seen in See also:

Lat. vehere. The term " wagon " or " waggon " is applied technically in See also:

BOOK

book-binding to a See also:

FRAME

frame of See also:

CANE

cane used for trimming the edges of See also:

gold See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf.

In See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture a " wagon-See also:

CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)

ceiling " is a boarded roof of the Tudor See also:

time, either of semicircular or polygonal See also:

section. It is boarded with thin panels of See also:

OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak or other See also:

wood ornamented with See also:

MOULDINGS

mouldings and with loops at the intersections.

End of Article: WAGON, or WAGGON

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