faggot iron

A form of fagot iron — Iron produced by welding together fagots of iron bars or rods, typically used in forging or refining processes.

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Meanings

nounfaggot iron (countable and uncountable, plural faggot irons)

plural faggot irons

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of fagot iron.

    Again, the descriptions of iron termed scrap, rivet, and faggot iron are, from the process of manufacture, very superior to iron rolled from refined metal only.

    1858, The Artizan: A Monthly Record of the Progress of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Shipbuilding, Steam Navigation, the Application of Chemistry to the Industrial Arts, & C, Volume 16, Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, page 30
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