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pos>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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. [ Eng. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An old shriveled woman. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]