foot vs rag

foot

noun
  • The bottom edge of a sail. 

  • The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest. 

  • The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. 

  • Travel by walking. 

  • The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. 

  • In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant. 

  • The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward. 

  • A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. 

  • The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove. 

  • A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. 

  • A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. 

  • A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm. 

  • The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. 

  • Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. 

  • The base or bottom of anything. 

  • The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads. 

  • The globular lower domain of a protein. 

  • The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface. 

  • Fundamental principle; basis; plan. 

  • The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it. 

  • Foot soldiers; infantry. 

  • Recognized condition; rank; footing. 

  • The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting. 

  • The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked. 

verb
  • To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up. 

  • To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip. 

  • To walk. 

  • To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.). 

  • To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). 

  • To pay (a bill). 

rag

noun
  • A sail, or any piece of canvas. 

  • A poor, low-ranking kicker. 

  • A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising. 

  • A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. 

  • A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone. 

  • A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. 

  • A curtain of various kinds. 

  • Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge. 

  • A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter. 

  • A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality. 

  • Tattered clothes. 

  • A ragged edge in metalworking. 

verb
  • To dance to ragtime music. 

  • To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. 

  • To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner. 

  • To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter. 

  • To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag. 

  • To become tattered. 

  • To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze. 

  • To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone. 

  • To break (ore) into lumps for sorting. 

How often have the words foot and rag occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )