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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fag \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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fag \Fag\n. A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged}; p. pr & vb n. {Fagging}.] [Cf. LG fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch devoted to death, OS f?gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS f?ge, Scot. faik, to fail stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.] 1. To become weary; to tire. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fag n 1: a disparaging term for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot}, {faggot}, {fairy}, {pansy}, {queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}] 2: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: {cigarette}, {cigaret}, {coffin nail}, {butt}] v 1: act as a fag for older boys, in British public schools 2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework" [syn: {labor}, {labour}, {toil}, {travail}, {grind}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}] 3: exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear}, {wear down}, {fag out}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: FAG FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz
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