['fag?t]
¦ noun
1. Brit. a ball of seasoned chopped liver, baked or fried.
2. (US fagot) a bundle of sticks bound together as fuel.
a bundle of iron rods bound together for reheating, welding, and hammering into bars.
3. N. Amer. informal, derogatory a male homosexual.
4. Brit. informal, dated an unpleasant or contemptible woman.
¦ verb (faggots, faggoting, faggoted; US fagots, fagoting, fagoted) (in embroidery) join by faggoting.
Derivatives
faggoty adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. fagot, from Ital. fagotto, based on Gk phakelos 'bundle'.