fag

n. தொழும்பு, வேண்டாவேலை, களைப்பு, அசதி, கட்டாய, ஊழியத்துக்கு உட்படுத்தப்படும் பள்ளிநிலையக் கீழ்நிலை மாணவர், (வினை) தொழும்படிமையாயிரு, களைப்பூட்டு, அயர்வு கொள்ளுவி, மேல்நிலை மாணவர்களுக்குத் தொண்டுழியம் செய், களைப்புறு, அயர்வுறு.

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Fag n. Defn: A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.] Fag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Fagging.] Etym: [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to fach devoted to death, OS. f, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f, Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.] 1. To become weary; to tire. Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. G. Mackenzie. 2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. Coleridge. 3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas. Fag, v. t. 1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out. 2. Anything that fatigues. [R.] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen. Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.