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faggot
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As a noun, faggot means a bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.). As a verb, it means ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch.
Meanings of faggot
16 meaningsnoun
chiefly britishcollectiveA bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)
A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
chiefly britishA meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.)
offensivevulgarderogatoryAn annoying or inconsiderate person.
offensivevulgarA homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.
offensivevulgarA man considered weak, effeminate, timid, pathetic, emotional, non-heteronormative in some way
Older and rare meanings (6)
obsoleteBurdensome baggage.
raredated in usA burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
UKIrelandcolloquialpejorativeobsoleteA shrewish woman.
obsoleteA soldier numbered on the muster-roll, but not really existing.
UKhistoricalA faggot voter.
IrelanddatedslangA lazy, weak, work-shy person.
verb
Fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
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Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).