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fagot \fag"ot\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax,
facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr.
fa`kelos 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.
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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.
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3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See {Fagotto}.
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4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster
of a company. [Eng.] --Addison.
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5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.]
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{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.]
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Fagot \Fag"ot\v. 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.
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