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Webster 1913 Edition

Fatigue

Fa-tigue′

,
Noun.
[F., fr.
fatiguer
to fatigue, L.
fatigare
; cf. L.
affatim
sufficiently.]
1.
Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.
2.
The cause of weariness; labor; toil;
as, the
fatigues
of war
.
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.
Syn. – To jade; tire; weary; bore. See
Jade
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fatigue

FATIGUE

,
Noun.
fatee'g. [L. fatigo. it seems to be allied to fatisco; if so, the sense is a yielding or relaxing.]
1.
Weariness with bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. We suffer fatigue of the mind as well as of the body.
2.
The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as the fatigues of war.
3.
The labors of military men, distinct from the use of arms; as a party of men on fatigue.

FATIGUE

,
Verb.
T.
fatee'g. [L. fatigo.]
1.
To tire; to weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength by severe or long continued exertion.
2.
To weary by importunity; to harass.

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