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fagot
[ fag-uht ]
/ ˈfæg ət /
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noun
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
a bundle; bunch.
a bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded, hammered, or rolled together at high temperature.
verb (used with object)
to bind or make into a fagot.
to ornament with fagoting.
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Also British, fag·got .
Origin of fagot
1250–1300; Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French; of obscure origin
OTHER WORDS FROM fagot
fag·ot·er, nounun·fag·ot·ed, adjectiveWords nearby fagot
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How to use fagot in a sentence
Do you know whether or no my aunt has gone out, eh, Mother Fagot?
The Countess of Charny|Alexandre Dumas (pere)Fagot stitch from side to side catching the thread into the running stitches.
The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft|Effie Archer ArcherFagot vote, a vote created by the partitioning of a property into as many tenements as will entitle the holders to vote.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood