beating vs lacing

beating

noun
  • The action by which someone or something is beaten. 

  • A heavy defeat or setback. 

  • The pulsation of the heart. 

lacing

noun
  • A beating as punishment; a hiding. 

  • Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage. 

  • The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back. 

  • The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead. 

  • The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern. 

  • That with which something is laced. 

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