Da"gon (?), [Heb. Dagon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. .]
The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.
W. Smith.
This day a solemn feast the people hold
To Dagon, their sea idol.
Milton.
They brought it into the house of Dagon.
1 Sam. v. 2.
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Dag"on (?), n. [See Dag a loose end.]
A slip or piece.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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