abscise vs cast away

abscise

verb
  • To cut off. 

  • To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. 

cast away

verb
  • To discard. 

  • To abandon or maroon. 

  • To eliminate by means of a cast operation. 

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