Fag (făg) n. A knot or
coarse part in cloth. [Obs.]
Fag, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Fagged (făgd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fagging (făg"gĭng).] [Cf. LG.
fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries.
fai, equiv. to fāch devoted to death, OS.
fēgi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige,
cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. fǣge,
Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same
word as E. flag to droop.] 1. To become
weary; to tire.
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Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to
fag.
G. Mackenzie.
2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to
drudge.
Read, fag, and subdue this
chapter.
Coleridge.
3. To act as a fag, or perform menial
services or drudgery, for another, as in some English
schools.
To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed,
as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.
Fag, v. t. 1. To
tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged
out.
2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]
It is such a fag, I came back tired to
death.
Miss Austen.
Brain fag. (Med.) See
Cerebropathy.