Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FADGE, v.i. [faj; Sax. fægen, gefegen, to unite, to fit together; G. fügen; D. voegen; Sw. foga; Dan. fuge, a seam or joint; W. fag, a meeting in a point. It coincides with L. pango, pegi, pepigi, Gr. πηγω, πηγνυω, L. figo. See רבק, Class Bg, No. 33. See also No. 34, 35. Of this word fay is a contraction.]

1. To suit; to fit; to come close, as the parts of things united. Hence, to have one part consistent with another. Shak.
2. To agree; to live in amity. [Ludicrous.] Hudibras.
3. To succeed; to hit. L'Estrange. [This word is now vulgar, and improper in elegant writing.].