This word and its compounds are often written with two g's (waggon,
waggonage, etc.), chiefly in England. The forms wagon, wagonage, etc.,
are, however, etymologically preferable, and in the United States are
almost universally used.
Wagon boiler. See the Note under Boiler, 3. — Wagon ceiling (Arch.), a
semicircular, or wagon-headed, arch or ceiling; — sometimes used also
of a ceiling whose section is polygonal instead of semicircular. —
Wagon master, an officer or person in charge of one or more wagons,
especially of those used for transporting freight, as the supplies of
an army, and the like. — Wagon shoe, a skid, or shoe, for retarding the
motion of a wagon wheel; a drag. — Wagon vault. (Arch.) See under 1st
Vault.
Wag"on (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wagoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wagoning.]
To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to
city.
Wag"on, v. i. To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between
Philadelphia and its suburbs.
Wag"on*age (?), n. 1. Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.