[fag] vb fagged ; fag.ging [obs. fag to droop, perh. fr. fag (fag end)] vi (1772) 1: to work hard: toil
2: to act as a fag esp. in an English public school "fagging for older boys during his first year" ~ vt: to tire by strenuous activity: exhaust syn see tire
[2]fag n (1780) 1 chiefly Brit: toil, drudgery
2. a: an English public-school boy who acts as servant to an older schoolmate b: drudge [3]fag n [fag end] (ca. 1888): cigarette [4]fag n [prob. by shortening] (ca. 1931): faggot--usu. used disparagingly -- fag.gy adj