Fagot

/ˈfæɡ.ət/

noun

  1. (collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)

  2. Burdensome baggage.

  3. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.

noun

  1. 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.

  2. A fagotto, or bassoon.

  3. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.

verb

  1. To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.

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