backset vs mire

backset

noun
  • A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback. 

  • Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water. 

verb
  • To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring. 

mire

noun
  • An undesirable situation, a predicament. 

  • Deep mud; moist, spongy earth. 

verb
  • To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud. 

  • To sink into mud. 

  • To weigh down. 

  • To soil with mud or foul matter. 

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