FAGGOT  , a bundle of sticks used for firewood . The word is adapted from the Fr. fagot, and appears in See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian as fagotto, the name given to the See also:

• BASSOON
• BASSOON (Fr. basson; Ger. Fagott; Ital. fagotto)

bassoon (q.v.) . " Faggot " is frequently used with reference to the burning of heretics, and recanted heretics wore an embroidered faggot on the See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of the See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment they had escaped . In the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the word is used of a " dummy " soldier, appearing on the rolls of a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment . It is this use, coupled with the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of a bundle of sticks as being capable of subdivision, that appears in the expression " faggot-See also:

• VOTE

vote," a vote artificially created by the See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute splitting up of See also:

• PROPERTY

property so as to give a See also:

• BARE

bare qualification for the See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise .