n. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel or for other purposes, as in fortifications; a fascine; as a definite amount of wood, a bundle 3 feet long and 24 inches round. See cut under fascine.n. The punishment of burning alive, as for heresy; the stake: from the use of fagots of wood in making the fire.n. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel, ready to be welded and drawn out into bars; as a definite amount of such metal, 120 pounds avoirdupois.n. A person formerly hired to take the place of another at the muster of a military company, or to hide deficiency in its number when it was not full.n. A badge worn in medieval times by those who had recanted their heretical opinions. It was designed to show what they had merited but narrowly escaped.n. A heap of fishes piled up for the night on the drying-flakes; a bundle of fish, about 100, taken from the flakes and put under shelter at night.To tie together; bind in a fagot or bundle; collect and bind together.Specifically In metallurgy, to cut (bars of metal, usually of iron or steel) into pieces of suitable length, which are then made up into “fagots,” “piles,” or bundles, and, after reheating, welded together, and rolled or drawn out under the hammer into bars.To ornament (a fabric) by drawing out a number of threads and tying together in the middle a series of the cross-threads. See fagoting.