About The Word Fagot
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Fagot
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What's The Definition Of Fagot?
[n] a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
[n] offensive terms for an openly homosexual man Synonyms | Synonyms for Fagot: fag | faggot | faggot | fairy | nance | pansy | poof | poove | pouf | queen | queer Related Terms | Find terms related to Fagot: backlog | bale | bavin | bindle | bolt | bouquet | brush | brushwood | budget | bundle | deck | fardel | fasces | fascine | firewood | kindling | kindlings | log | nosegay | pack | package | packet | parcel | posy | quiver | roll | rouleau | sheaf | stovewood | truss | wood | yule clog | yule log See Also | bundle | gay man | sheaf | shirtlifter Fagot In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
\Fag"ot\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fagoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagoting}.] To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously. --Dryden. |
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