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A bundle or quantity of rods of a specified metal, typically about thirty. Cf. sheaf, n.1 2a. Now historical.
Metallurgy. A bundle of iron or steel rods bound together, in later use often containing scrap metal to be reused. Now historical.
Ironwork. A ‘faggot’ of iron or steel rods for welding together and working into a mass of greater toughness.