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Dagon

Da′gon

(dā′gŏn)
,
[Heb.
Dāgon
, fr.
dag
a fish: cf. Gr.
Δαγών
.]
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.

Dag′on

(dăg′ŏn)
,
Noun.
[See
Dag
a loose end.]
A slip or piece.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.