third-rate vs wanty

third-rate

adj
  • Poor, shoddy; less than second-rate. 

  • Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen. 

noun
  • A third-rate ship of the line. 

wanty

adj
  • Possessing or indicating lack; deficient. 

noun
  • A stretch of fishing-lines shot in the water. 

  • A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness. 

  • A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of an animal. 

  • A leather tie; a short wagon rope. 

How often have the words third-rate and wanty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )