עִיגּוּן, (עָגַן) tying, holding fast.—Pl. עִיגּוּנִין [means of tying,] anchor, ballast. B. Bath. 73ᵃ (expl. עוגין ib. V, 1) אלו ע׳ שלה Ms. H. a. F. (ed. עוגינין; Rashb. עִיגּוּנָא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3) that is the means of her (the ship’s) detention (with ref. to Ruth I, 13); Yalk. Ez. 367 (not עיגוני).—[In later Hebr. literature: עיגון status of a deserted wife.]