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Fagot vs Fangot - What's the difference?

fagot | fangot |

As nouns the difference between fagot and fangot

is that fagot is alternative form of lang=en bundle of sticks while fangot is a quantity of wares, such as raw silk, of approximately one to three hundredweights.

As a verb fagot

is to make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.

fagot

English

(wikipedia fagot)

Alternative forms

* faggot

Noun

(en noun)
  • (bundle of sticks)
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (shrivelled old woman)
  • 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.
  • (music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
  • (UK, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.
    • (Addison)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.
    • (Dryden)
    ----

    fangot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quantity of wares, such as raw silk, of approximately one to three hundredweights.
    • (Webster 1913)