n. & v. (US fagot)
--n.
1. (usu. in pl.) a ball or roll of seasoned chopped liver etc., baked or fried.
2 a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as fuel.
3 a bundle of iron rods for heat treatment.
4 a bunch of herbs.
5 sl. derog. a an unpleasant woman. b US often offens. a male homosexual.
--v.tr. (faggoted, faggoting)
1. bind in or make into faggots.
2 join by faggoting (see FAGGOTING).
Derivatives:
faggoty adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF fagot, of uncert. orig.