What does "fatigue" mean?
Fatigue: The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. -- Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. -- Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow. -- Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.
- 3.To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire. See Jade.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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