fagot

Definition

Alternative spelling of faggot (“bundle of sticks for fuel”).

Etymology

Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.

Example Sentences

• "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.""