bundle of sticks

  • 31fagot — [fag′ət] n. [ME < OFr, with change of suffix < VL * facellum < Gr phakelos, a bundle] 1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches, esp. for use as fuel 2. Metallurgy a bundle or heap of iron or steel pieces to be worked into bars by… …

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  • 32wase — ˈwāz noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Low German wase bundle of sticks, pad to support a burden on the head, Middle Swedish vasi bundle of straw 1. chiefly dialect : a wisp or bundle of hay or straw 2. chiefly dialect : a pad… …

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  • 33fag|ot — «FAG uht», noun, verb. –n. 1. a bundle of sticks or twigs tied together for fuel: »He built the fire with fagots. In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling on any fagot rather than let the fire go out (James M. Barrie). 2. a bundle of iron… …

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  • 34Led Zeppelin IV — Infobox Album Name = Led Zeppelin IV Type = studio Artist = Led Zeppelin Released = November 8, 1971 Recorded = December 1970–March 1971 at Headley Grange, Hampshire, with The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio; Island Studios, London; Sunset Sound,… …

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  • 35Faggot — or fagot may refer to:* Faggot (slang), a pejorative for a homosexual or effeminate man used mainly in North America * Faggot (food), a British meatball commonly made of pork offal * Faggot (volume), an archaic unit of measurement for bundles of… …

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  • 36Faggot (wood) — A faggot or fagot is a bundle of sticks or branches, usually meant for use as firewood. It derives [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=fagot searchmode=none] through the Old French fagot and the Italian diminutive fagotto from the Latin… …

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  • 37calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any …

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  • 38fagot — n 1. bundle of sticks, firewood, kindling; branches, twigs, fascine. 2. bundle, Sl. bindle, bale; bunch, cluster; pack, packet, parcel …

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  • 39faggot — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a ball of seasoned chopped liver, baked or fried. 2) (US fagot) a bundle of sticks bound together as fuel. 3) N. Amer. informal, derogatory a male homosexual. DERIVATIVES faggoty adjective. ORIGIN Old French …

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  • 40faggoty — faggot ► NOUN 1) Brit. a ball of seasoned chopped liver, baked or fried. 2) (US fagot) a bundle of sticks bound together as fuel. 3) N. Amer. informal, derogatory a male homosexual. DERIVATIVES faggoty adjective. ORIGIN Old French …

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