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faggoting

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fag·ot also fag·got  (fgt)
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 also fag·got·ing, fag·ots also fag·gots
1. To 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.]

faggoting esp US, fagoting [ˈfægətɪŋ]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) decorative needlework done by tying vertical threads together in bundles
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a decorative way of joining two hems by crisscross stitches
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Noun1.faggoting - embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches
fancywork, embroidery - decorative needlework
faggot stitch, fagot stitch - the stitch that ties a group of parallel threads together in fagoting


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Wrought iron would be further processed by faggoting, a method whereby the iron bars would be bundled together like sticks of firewood and hammered into one piece, just as iron was worked by hand in medieval times.
Can you really say your life wouldn't be improved by knowing your overlocking from your faggoting, or your heavy whip stitch from your feed dog?
 
 
 
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