The fag-end of business.
Collier.
Fag"ging (fg"gng), n. Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge
for another at an English school.
Fag"ot (fg"t) 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.