fag

Definitions

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.
4. 4.To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out.
5. 5.Anything that fatigues. [R.] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen. Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to become weary; to tire. Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. G. Mackenzie called?
• What is to labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. Coleridge called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out called?
• What is anything that fatigues. [R.] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen. Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy called?