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"Section F, G and H"

Dryden.


3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to
repeated vibrations or strains.


Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by
bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties.
-- Fatigue
dress
, the working dress of soldiers. --
Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from
soldiers aside from the use of arms.
Farrow. --
Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue
duty.


Fa*tigue", v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Fatigued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fatiguing, n.] [Cf. F. fatiguer. See
Fatigue, n.] To weary with labor or any
bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the
strength or endurance of; to tire.


Syn. -- To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade.


Fa*til"o*quent (?), a. [See
Fatiloquist.] Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.]
Blount.


Fa*til"o*quist (?), n. [L.
fatiloquus declaring fate; fatum fate+ Loqui to
speak.


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