'Fagot' definitions:

Definition of 'fagot'

From: WordNet
noun
Offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf]
noun
A bundle of sticks and branches bound together [syn: fagot, faggot]
verb
Ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife" [syn: faggot, fagot]
verb
Fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them [syn: faggot, fagot]
verb
Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks" [syn: faggot, fagot, faggot up]

Definition of 'Fagot'

From: GCIDE
  • Fagot \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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'fagot'

From: GCIDE
  • fagot \fag"ot\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. fa`kelos 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. [Eng.] --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fagot'

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