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ligsam

ligsam is the archaic form of lagan.

Meaning of lagan

Noun

lagan (uncountable)

  1. Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.
    • The country folk, who were prowling about the shore after the waifs of the storm, deserted jetsom and lagend, and crowded to meet the richer prize.1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 6, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 129

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Origin of ligsam

Compare Dutch liggen (“to lie”), English lie (“to be prostrate”), and flotsam, jetsam, or ligan.

Questions about ligsam

What is ligsam the archaic form of?
Ligsam is the archaic form of lagan.

Words near ligsam in the dictionary

  1. ligroine
  2. ligroines
  3. ligroins
  4. ligs
  5. ligs.
  6. ligsam
  7. ligstroside
  8. ligtas point
  9. Ligtasan
  10. Ligue 1
  11. ligula

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