fagot
ət 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.
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Also, British, faggot.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French; of obscure origin
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French; of obscure origin
Related forms
fag·ot·er, noun
un·fag·ot·ed, adjective
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faggot or esp (US) fagot1 (ˈfæɡət) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel |
| 2. | a bundle of iron bars, esp a box formed by four pieces of wrought iron and filled with scrap to be forged into wrought iron |
| 3. | a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried |
| 4. | a bundle of anything |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to collect into a bundle or bundles |
| 6. | needlework to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc) |
| [C14: from Old French, perhaps from Greek phakelos bundle] | |
| fagot or esp (US) fagot1 | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C14: from Old French, perhaps from Greek phakelos bundle] | |
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