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To rig something up, to go overboard, to leave something in your wake.

• chii 4y ago
  It's interesting that farming/agriculture and sailing both have left the legacy of their words into the language. It goes to show how important these industries are to civilization.
  • coldtea 4y ago
    The most important ones? Without internet we could live a cushy little 20th century existance. Without farming/sailing we'd go 20000 years back
  • OJFord 4y ago
    The sheer number of people (thinking particularly historically, pre-industrialisation) involved in them I suppose.
• rapnie 4y ago
  Let's go full steam ahead, and dredge up some more.
  • TeMPOraL 4y ago
    > steam That's the hallmark of industrialization, right there :). In case anyone thinks the important bits stopped at the age of sail.