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Fag (făg) n. A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.]
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fag (făg), n. a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive. Shortened form of faggot. [Slang, disparaging.]
Syn. -- faggot.
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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 f&ā;ch devoted to death, OS. f&ē;gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f&aē_;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.
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Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. G. Mackenzie.
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2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
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Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. Coleridge.
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3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools.
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To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.
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Fag, v. t. 1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out.
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2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]
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It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen.
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Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.
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