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fag⋅ot
[fag-uh
t]
–noun
| 1. | a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc. |
| 2. | a bundle; bunch. |
| 3. | a bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded, hammered, or rolled together at high temperature. |
| 4. | bouquet garni. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to bind or make into a fagot. |
| 6. | to ornament with fagoting. |
Also, British, faggot.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF, OF; of obscure orig.
1250–1300; ME < AF, OF; of obscure orig.

Related forms:
fag⋅ot⋅er, noun
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Fagot
Fag"ot\n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. ??????? bundle, fagot. Cf. Fagotto.]1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine. --Shak. 2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile. 3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto. 4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. [Eng.] --Addison. 5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.] Fagot iron, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from fagots. Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes. [Political cant, Eng.]
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Language Translation for : fagot
Spanish:
fagot,
German:
das Fagott,
Japanese:
バスーン
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