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 Fa·tigue n.
 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.
 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.

 fatigue duty
      n : labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or
          digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on
          fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to
          kitchen fatigues" [syn: fatigue]