dial. Also vag.
1. trans. To cut corn with a sickle and a hooked stick; = BAG v.2
1841. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, II. I. 120. Six ridges … being fagged or cut at the ground. Ibid. (1854), XV. I. 213. Some farmers fag a large quantity of barley.
1875. Parish, Sussex Gloss., Fag. To cut corn or stubble close to the ground.
1888. Berksh. Gloss., s.v. Vag, ‘When the straa be long, vaggin’ wuts be better’n mawin’ on um.’
2. Comb., as fag-hook = fagging-hook.
1875. Parish, Sussex Gloss., Fag-hook. A hook or bill fastened to a long stick for trimminng hedges, or for faggingn corn.
Hence Fagging vbl. sb. Also attrib., as fagging-hook, -stick.
1844. Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., V. I. 28. Little fagging or bagging … is performed except in the vicinity of the metropolis. Ibid. (1854), XV. I. 213. The straw is cut close to the ground with a fagging hook.
1881. Oxford Gloss., Supp. s.v. A hooked stick, called a faggin’ stick.
