Noah Webster
Fag
FAG, verb transitive To beat. [Not in use.]
FAG, noun A slave; one who works hard. [Not in use.]
FAG, verb intransitive [Heb. to fail, to languish.]
To become weary; to fail in strength; to be faint with weariness.
The Italian began to fag
[A vulgar word.]
FAG, noun A knot in cloth. [Not in use.]