Faggot (volume)
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A faggot is an archaic English unit applied to various-sized collections of sticks:
- 1 short faggot of sticks = 2 ft girth × 32 in long bundle of short wood sticks/billets
- 1 long faggot of sticks = 2 ft girth × 4 ft long bundle of long wood sticks/billets
- 1 faggot of iron = 2 ft girth × 1 ft long bundle of iron/steel rods/bars
The term is now just as likely to be applied to any bundle of sticks, regardless of its proportions.
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