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2. The refuse or meaner part of
anything.

The fag-end of business.

Fag"ging (făg"g&ibreve;ng), n.
Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at
an English school.

Fag"ot (făg"ŭt) n. [F.,
prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a
bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. fa`kelos bundle, fagot. Cf.
Fagotto.] 1. A bundle of sticks, twigs,
or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries,
filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine.
Shak.

2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be
worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a
welding heat; a pile.

3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See
Fagotto.

4. A person hired to take the place of
another at the muster of a company.


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