I. noun
or fag·got ˈfagət, ˈfaig-, usu -əd.+V
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English fagot, from Middle French fagot, probably from Old Provençal, perhaps from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facus, modification of Greek phakelos
1. : a bundle of sticks or twigs especially as used for fuel, as a fascine, or as a means of burning heretics alive
2. : bundle , bunch
3. : a bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at high temperature
4. : an unpleasant or objectionable woman
5. obsolete : a person paid for use of his name to complete a roster
6. Britain : fagot vote
7.
a. : bouquet garni
b. : a portion of the viscera of the hog, chopped, seasoned with herbs, shaped into a ball or stick, and fried or baked
II. verb
or faggot
( fagoted or faggoted ; fagoted or faggoted ; fagoting or faggoting ; fagots or faggots )
transitive verb
1. : to set fagots around (as a heretic) preparatory to execution by burning
2. : to make a fagot of : bind together into a bundle
fagoted sticks
he fagoted all the pamphlets together
3. : to embroider or work in fagoting : seam with fagoting
intransitive verb
: to make fagots