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To: Ish who wrote (1639)	3/6/2007 1:57:11 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

From American Heritage: fag·got1 (f²g“…t) n. --fag·got v. Variant of fagot. fag·got2 (f²g“…t) n. Offensive. Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a gay or homosexual man. [Perhaps from faggot, variant of fagot, bundle, lump, old woman.] fag·ot also fag·got (f²g“…t) --n. 1. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together. 2. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars. --tr.v. fag·ot·ed also fag·got·ed, fag·ot·ing fag·got·ing, fag·ots fag·gots. 1. To collect or bind into a fagot; bundle. 2. To decorate with fagoting. [Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal, possibly from Vulgar Latin *facus, from Greek phakelos, bundle.]