Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dagon

Dagon (dā"gon)

[Hebrew Dāgon, from dag a fish: compare Greek Dagw`n.]

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

Dagon (dag"on) , noun

[See Dag a loose end.]

A slip or piece. [Obsolete] — Chaucer