From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fag \Fag\ (f[a^]g) n.
1. A knot or coarse part in cloth; a flaw. [Obs.]
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2. A cigarette. [slang]
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3. A fag end in a cloth.
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4. A drudge.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
fag \fag\ (f[a^]g), n.
A male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and
considered offensive. Shortened form of {faggot}. [Slang,
disparaging.]
Syn: faggot.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fag \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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fag
n 1: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot},
{faggot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen},
{queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}]
2: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn:
{cigarette}, {cigaret}, {coffin nail}, {butt}, {fag}]
v 1: act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: {labor}, {labour},
{toil}, {fag}, {travail}, {grind}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}]
3: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or
stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire},
{wear upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out},
{outwear}, {wear down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant:
{freshen}, {refresh}, {refreshen}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
FAG
FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz telecommunication, Germany
From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]:
fag
branch; compartment; department; pigeonhole; section; speciality
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