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Fagoting

Fagot \Fag"ot\v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fagoting.] To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously.
--Dryden.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fagoting

in embroidery, 1885, from faggot (n.1) "bundle." So called from the threads tied together in the middle.

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fagoting

alt. 1 A decoration of a fabric achieved by removing threads and tying others into bunches. 2 The joining of hemmed edges of fabric with crisscrossed threads. n. 1 A decoration of a fabric achieved by removing threads and tying others into bunches. 2 The joining of hemmed edges of fabric with crisscrossed threads. vb. (present participle of fagot English)

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Sometimes there was an overthrown nest like a sack of twigs turned out on the turf, such as the hedgers rake together after fagoting.