From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
faggot \fag"got\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t), n. [perh. from fagot[5], a
shriveled old woman.]
a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and
considered offensive. [Slang, disparaging]
Syn: fagot, fag, fairy, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as
{fagot[1]}.
Syn: fagot.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faggot
n 1: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot},
{faggot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen},
{queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}]
2: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together [syn: {fagot},
{faggot}]
v 1: ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted
the blouse for his wife" [syn: {faggot}, {fagot}]
2: fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
[syn: {faggot}, {fagot}]
3: bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the
sticks" [syn: {faggot}, {fagot}, {faggot up}]
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