Meaning, of course, a bundle of small sticks for use as woodfire fuel. Its second meaning in the OED dates from the 1500s, a heretic who was burned alive as punishment.
- 03.015 The faggots are reeking,
“faggot | fagot, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2015. Web. 11 February 2016.
[…] O! What are you seeking,And where are you making?The faggots are reeking,The bannocks are baking!O! tril-lil-lil-lollythe valley is jolly,ha! […]
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