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[Lat., from Gr. phēgos.] Bot.: The beech, a genus of trees belonging to the used for fuel, filling ditches, road making, . "Spare for no fagotts , let there be enow." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., v. 4. IMG:content-1350.png:[blocks in formation] vatic a , is abundant in Britain. [BEECH.] There are about twenty known species, one of which, F. antarctica , is found in the antarctic regions. *fah, *fagh, *foh, *fowe, a. & 8. [A. S. fáh, fág; O. S. féh ; Goth. faihurus .] A. As adj .: Variegated, of different colors. B. As subst.: Colored or variegated fur. fahl-erz (z as ts), fahl-ite, fahl-öre, s. [Ger. fahl =yellowish, and erz =ore.] Min.: The same as TETRAHEDRITE (q. v.). fahl-un-ite, s. [From Fahlun in Sweden where it occurs; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min .: A mineral of grayish-green to olive-green woman, who seems little better than a bundle of bones. IMG:content-1351.jpg:[blocks in formation] "To fag: deficere." -Levins: Man i pulus Vocabulorum. *2. To labor hard; to work till weary at any task. "I am sure I fag more for fear of disgrace than for hope of profit."-Mad. D'Arblay : Diary , i. 235. 3. To perform menial services for another; to act as a fag for another. B. Transitive : and forms a porter by which the faggot is guided to and from the furnace and underneath the ham mer. 3. Naut .: A billet for stowing casks. *faggot-stick, fagot-stick, s . A staff.