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projection," or that which shoots out, then a corner, especially of a garment or of a cloth; after which it was extended to mean a whole cloth or " sheet." In Icelandic, the cognate word skaut has much the same meanings, including that of a rope attached to a sail. Other cognate forms in See also:

Teutonic See also:

LANGUAGES

languages are Ger. Schoss, See also:

lap, bosom, properly fold of a garment, Dutch school, Icel. skaut, &c. In current See also:

ENGLISH

English usage, " sheet "is commonly applied to any flat, thin surface, such as a sheet of See also:

paper, a sheet of See also:

metal, or, in a transferred application, to an expanse of See also:

WATER

water, See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice, See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, &c. More specifically it is used of a rectangular piece of See also:

LINEN

linen or See also:

cotton used as that See also:

PART

part of the usual See also:

bed clothes which are next the See also:

SLEEPER

sleeper's See also:

BODY

body. In nautical usage the See also:

TERM

term " sheet " is applied to a rope or See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain attached to the See also:

LOWER

lower corners of a sail for the purpose of See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension or See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of direction (see See also:

RIGGING (A.S. wrigan or wrihan, to clothe)

RIGGING). The connexion in derivation with " shoot " is clearly seen in " sheet-See also:

ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor," earlier " shoot-anchor "—one that is kept in reserve, to be " shot " in See also:

case of emergency (see ANCHOR).

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