(dated, colloquial) A company director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance.

(idiomatic) To sign one's name on a list when entering a place, to indicate one's arrival. / (computing) To take some action to access a secured program or web page on a computer; to log in.

(computing) An unread email or instant message.

(transitive) To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen. / (transitive, UK dialectal) To put tow on a distaff.