FADDLE, fad'l, _v.i._ (_prov._) to trifle.--_n._ nonsense,
trifling--usually in _fiddle-faddle_.
FADE, f[=a]d, _v.i._ to lose strength, freshness, or colour gradually: to
vanish.--_adj._ insipid: weak.--_adv._ F[=A]'DEDLY.--_adj._
FADE'LESS.--_adv._ FADE'LESSLY.--_n._ F[=A]'DING (_Shak._), the burden of a
song.--_adj._ F[=A]'DY, wearing away. [O. Fr. _fader_--_fade_--L.
_vapidum_, acc. to Gaston Paris.]
FADGE, faj, _v.i._ to agree: to succeed, turn out well. [Ety. dub.; not
conn. with A.S. _fégan_, to join.]
FÆCES, FECES, f[=e]'s[=e]z, _n.pl._ sediment after infusion or
distillation: dregs: the solid excrements.--_adj._ FÆ'CAL, of or pertaining
to fæces. [L., pl. of _fæx_, _fæcis_, grounds.]
FAERIE, FAERY, f[=a]'[.e]r-i, _n._ (_arch._) the world of fairies,
fairyland: (_obs._) a fairy. [A variant of _fairy_.]
FAG, fag, _v.i._ to become weary or tired out: to work hard: to be a
fag.--_v.t._ to weary: to use as a fag:--_pr.p._ fag'ging; _pa.p._
fagged.--_n._ at Eton, Winchester, &c., a schoolboy forced to do menial
offices for one older, who in turn protects him: a tiresome piece of work:
drudgery.--_ns._ FAG'GERY, drudgery: fagging; FAG'GING, laborious drudgery:
a usage in virtue of which senior boys are authorised to exact a variety of
services from the junior boys.--TO FAG OUT, to field, as a fag, in cricket.
[Ety. dub.; perh. a corr. of _flag_, to droop, which see.]
FAG-END, fag'-end, _n._ the end of a web of cloth that hangs loose: the
untwisted end of a rope: the refuse or meaner part of a thing.
FAGGOT, FAGOT, fag'ut, _n._ a bundle of sticks for fuel, fascines, &c.: a
stick: anything like a faggot: a bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off
into suitable lengths for welding: a soldier numbered on the muster-roll,
but not really existing: a voter who has obtained his vote expressly for
party purposes, on a spurious or sham qualification.--_adj._ got up for a
purpose, as in 'Faggot vote.'--_v.t._ to tie together.--_ns._ FAGG'OTING,
FAG'OTING, a kind of embroidery in which some of the cross-threads are
drawn together in the middle. [Fr. _fagot_, a bundle of sticks, perh. from
L. _fax_, a torch.]
FAGOTTO, fag-ot'o, _n._ a bassoon.--_n._ FAGOTT'IST, one who plays on the
bassoon. [It.]