Fag

fag, v.i. to become weary or tired out: to work hard: to be a fag.— v.t. to weary: to use as a fag:— pr.p. fag′ging; pa.p. fagged.— n. at Eton, Winchester, ., a schoolboy forced to do menial offices for one older, who in turn protects him: a tiresome piece of work: drudgery.— ns. Fag′gery , drudgery: fagging; Fag′ging , laborious drudgery: a usage in virtue of which senior boys are authorised to exact a variety of services from the junior boys.— To fag out , to field, as a fag, in cricket. [Ety. dub.; perh. a corr. of flag , to droop, which see.]