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2 definitions found 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]: fagged adj : drained of energy or effectiveness; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out" [syn: {exhausted}, {fatigued}, {played out}, {spent}, {washed-out}, {worn-out(a)}, {worn out(p)}]
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