FAG (2)

fag (2)|fagend. Fag, or Fagend, n. to worst part of loose end

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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 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. 1. To become weary; to tire.
Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. G. Mackenzie. 2. 2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. Coleridge. 3. 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.