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First recorded in 1805u201315; originally vagrants’ slang: u201cto do for, rob, kill (someone), shape (something)u201d; perhaps variant of obsolete feak, feague u201cto beat,u201d akin to Dutch veeg u201ca slap,u201d vegen u201cto sweep, wipeu201drnto lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).