Meaning of Fagot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of faggot (“bundle of sticks for fuel”).
   alt-of, alternative
2. Alternative spelling of faggot (“bundle of iron or steel”).
   alt-of, alternative
3. A fagotto, or bassoon.
   obsolete
4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company .
   Ireland, UK, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“What fool hath added water to the sea, / Or brought a fagot to bright-burning Troy?”

“"Give the red man Goss!" she told him; / "Drive him westward from the forest, […] / Chase him west, with fire and fagot, / Give him Goss! for he's no business, / Business none, to be an Injun."”

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