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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To make up into fagots.
  • noun Impure limestone.
  • noun A fagot of brushwood; light and combustible wood used for kindling fires.
  • noun Milit., a fascine.
  • Resembling bavin.
  • noun A name on the northeastern coast of Ireland of the ballan-wrasse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Obs. or Dial. Eng. A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood.
  • noun Prov. Eng. Impure limestone.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A bundle of wood, or twigs which may be used in broom making. Southern England term. Also, a fagot bound with only one band.
  • noun UK, dialect impure limestone

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