Definition of Faggoting

1. Noun. Embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches.

Exact synonyms: Fagoting
Generic synonyms: Embroidery, Fancywork
Terms within: Faggot Stitch, Fagot Stitch

Definition of Faggoting

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fagoting) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Faggoting

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Faggoting

fagface
fagfaces
fagged
fagged out
faggeries
faggery
faggier
faggiest
fagging
faggings
faggot up
faggoted
faggoting (current term)
faggotings
faggotries
faggots
fagins
faglet
faglets
fagmaster
fagmasters
fagomine

Literary usage of Faggoting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1831)
"faggoting is a term applied to the dressing or binding of the prunings or superfluous branches and spray of hedges. The bundles are made of different sizes ..."

2. Iron: Its History, Properties, & Processes of Manufacture by William Fairbairn (1865)
"In this patent we see, therefore, he has developed his system of faggoting and heating scraps and bars, and welding them into a mass, and compressing them ..."

3. Iron: Its History, Properties, & Processes of Manufacture by William Fairbairn (1865)
"His first patent comprises methods of faggoting bars for various kinds of uses, the hammer and anvil being employed, and the faggots brought to a welding ..."

4. Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine (1870)
"The rails so obtained by ordinary faggoting and piling were like the ... By faggoting and piling, some flat rolled bars were produced of 2 in. by f- in. ..."

5. Gunnery in 1858: Being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms by William Greener (1858)
"... as it involves a great waste of metal, and occupies a considerable time to work and re-work—twisting, faggoting with the bars placed in various forms, ..."

6. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by Bibber Webster, J. L. Bates, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"(c) faggoting is the process of forming a box of muck bar and filling the same with small pieces of scrap iron and steel, then heating to a welding ..."

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