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fagot

[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.
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verb (used with object)
  1. to bind or make into a fagot.
  2. 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
Related formsfag·ot·er, nounun·fag·ot·ed, adjective
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Historical Examples of fagot

  • Fagot 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

  • Fagot stitch from side to side catching the thread into the running stitches.

Word Origin and History for fagot

n.

early spelling of faggot (n.1).

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