arroyo vs thrutch

arroyo

noun
  • A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain). 

  • Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally). 

thrutch

noun
  • A narrow gorge or ravine. 

  • An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5) 

verb
  • To push; press. 

  • To crowd; throng; squeeze. 

  • To trouble; oppress. 

  • To thrust. 

  • To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney. 

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