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fagots
plural of fagot
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Source: Wiktionary
Fag"ot n. Etym: [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. 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.)
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.