Definitions for: Fagot

[n] a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
[n] offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

Webster (1913) Definition: Fag"otn. [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"otv. 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.

Synonyms: fag, faggot, faggot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer

See Also: bundle, gay man, sheaf, shirtlifter

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