Here are some uses of the word faggot from historical text.
A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound together: a for
use as fuel.
With special reference to the practice of burning heretics alive, esp. in
phrase fire and faggot; to fry a faggot, to be burnt alive; also, to bear,
carry a faggot, as those did who renounced heresy.
In wider sense. a A bundle or bunch in general, e.g. of rushes, herbs, etc.
A `bundle', collection (of things not forming any genuine unity).
They founde faggottes of the bones of mennes armes and legges.
A little Faggot of Thyme, Savory, and Parsley.
A faggot of utter improbabilities.
The psalms and liturgies of churches are..a fagot of selections.
The little bunch or fagot of herbs..usually consists of two or three sprigs of parsley, a sprig of thyme,
and a bayleaf. Mrs Beeton
A bundle of iron or steel rods bound together.
Faggot of Steel the Quantity of 120 Pound-Weight.
is termed a faggot [of iron], being about 12 or 14 inches long, and six inches square
This preparation..is a sort of cake, roll or ball..made of chopped liver and
Lights(lungs), mixed with gravy, and wrapped in pieces of pig's caul.
A term of abuse or contempt applied to a woman
Faggit, a term of reproach used to children.
To a stray cow: `Come out o' that, ye old faggot.
A (male) homosexual. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
A person temporarily hired to supply a deficiency at the muster, or on the
roll of a company or regiment
Faggot..a secret and unworthy compromise.
faggot-stitch, needlework in which two pieces of material are
joined together by stitching resembling the faggoting of drawn-thread work; so
faggot-stitching; faggot-waisted a., arranged in pleats like a bundle of
sticks.
faggot-brief, a dummy brief
To bind (persons) in couples; also, to bind hand and foot.
Faggot..a man who in the wrestling ring, sells his back, is said to faggot.