to fag out

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to fag out - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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