rag, duster
→
sail (n.)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | rag | |
| Meaning 1 | piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (nautical, slang) a sail, or any piece of canvas | "'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen." (1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 191) |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme | rätti | |
| Meaning 1 | rag, duster | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (nautical, slang) sail (n.) | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||