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fag·ot
also fag·got (făg′ət)n.
1. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together.
2. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.
tr.v. fag·ot·ed, fag·ot·ing, fag·ots also fag·got·ed or fag·got·ing or fag·gots
1. To bind into a fagot; bundle.
2. To decorate with fagoting.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal, possibly from Vulgar Latin *facus, from Greek phakelos, bundle.]
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fag•ot
(ˈfæg ət)n.
1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
2. a bundle; bunch.
3. a bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded, hammered, or rolled together at high temperature.
v.t. 4. to bind or make into a fagot.
5. to ornament with fagoting.
Also, Brit., faggot. [1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French; of obscure orig.]
fag′ot•er, n.
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fagot
Past participle: fagoted
Gerund: fagoting
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Noun | 1. | fagot - offensive term for an openly homosexual man gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man |
2. | fagot - a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | |
Verb | 1. | fagot - ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife" |
2. | fagot - fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them metallurgy - the science and technology of metals | |
3. | fagot - bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks" |
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Translations
fagot
n (esp US sl: = homosexual) → Schwule(r) m (inf)
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