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Definition of Fagots
1. fagot [v] - See also: fagot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fagots
Literary usage of Fagots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wit and Humor of Bench and Bar by Marshall Brown (1899)
"fagots, it remained only to identify the fagots found in his possession as the
... One of the witnesses having distinctly identified the fagots produced as ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Then from the city, with what speed they might, Brought sheep and oxen, and
sweet-savour'd wine 620 And corn from out their garners ; likewise, gat fagots ..."
3. European Agriculture and Rural Economy: From personal observation by Henry Colman (1851)
"DRAINING WITH fagots AND STRAW. — Various methods of draining land had been
practised for a great length of time before this, and many of them are still ..."
4. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"they set him to work bringing in fagots. He seems pleased with his new office,
knowing that he got off easy. Notwithstanding General Stirling deprecates ..."
5. A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: From the Year After the by James Edwin Thorold Rogers, Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1866)
"At present it appears that underwood produces from 300 to 600 fagots the acre,
according to its goodness, and that such fagots sell at about 2or. the ..."
6. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... with a sorites commonly called a pile of fagots. ADDISON. The name of Boyle
is indeed revered, but hii works are neglected ; we are contented to know ..."
7. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... burn Ridley and Latimer . . . .12 0 For one load of furs-fagots 3 4 For the
carriage of these four loads 20 — a post 14 — two chains 34 — two staples . ..."
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