fagot

Definition of fagot

fag´ot   Pronunciation: făg´ŭt
n.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.
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.
5.An old shriveled woman.
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.
v. t.1.To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously.
[imp. & p. p. Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fagoting.]

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