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Meaning of 'fagot' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fagot [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.
- A bassoon. See Fagotto.
- A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.
- An old shriveled woman.
2 . Fagot [ v. t.]
- To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously.

Meaning of 'fagot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fagot [ v]
Meaning (1):
- bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
Example in sentence:
  • faggot up the sticks
Meaning (2):
- ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
Example in sentence:
  • He fagotted the blouse for his wife

Nearby Words:

fag fagend fagged fagging fagoted fagoting fagotto

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