Lagan

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lagan
    n 1: goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a
         buoy so that it can be recovered [syn: {lagan}, {lagend},
         {ligan}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lagan \La"gan\, n. & v.
   See {Ligan}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ligan \Li"gan\ (l[imac]"gan), n. [Cf. L. ligare to bind, to tie,
   ligamen band, bandage, E. ligament, or ligsam.] (Law)
   Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that
   they may be found again. See {Jetsam} and {Flotsam}. [Written
   also {lagan}.] --Blackstone.
   [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

LAGAN. Goods tied to a buoy and cast into the sea are so called. The same as 
Ligan. (q.v.)

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