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A faggot, in the meaning of "bundle", is an archaic English unit applied to bundles of certain items. Alternate spellings in Early Modern English include fagate, faget, fagett, faggott, fagot, fagatt, fagott, ffagott, and faggat. A similar term is found in other languages (e.g. Latin: fascis).
A long faggot of sticks equals a bundle larger than long. In a book on slang used at Winchester College fire-dogs were fire basket () that could hold long faggots, and half-faggots were smaller andirons that could only hold short faggots and were later converted for use with coal. (1998). 9780485121384, Athlone Press. ISBN 9780485121384
A long faggot was also called a kidd faggot,Yaxley, David (2003). A Researcher's Glossary of Words Found in Historical Documents of East Anglia. Larks Press, kid, kide, or kidde being Middle English for firewood in bundles.
A fascine (or bavin) is a type of long faggot which is approximately long and in diameter and used to maintain earthworks such as .
A faggot was also a unit of weight used to measure iron or steel rods or bars totaling .
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