Fagging

Fagging
Fag Fag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged} (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagging} (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]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. [1913 Webster]

Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. --G. Mackenzie. [1913 Webster]

2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. [1913 Webster]

Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. [1913 Webster]

{To fag out}, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas. [1913 Webster]


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  • Michael William McCrum — CBE (23 May 1924 – 16 February 2005) was an English academic and ancient historian who served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Head Master of Tonbridge School and Eton College.… …   Wikipedia

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