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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.] [1913 Webster] 2. A cigarette. [slang] [PJC] 3. A fag end in a cloth. [PJC] 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. [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] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that fatigues. [R.] [1913 Webster] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss Austen. [1913 Webster] {Brain fag}. (Med.) See {Cerebropathy}. [1913 Webster] 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