beset vs curlicue

beset

verb
  • To decorate something with jewels etc. 

  • To attack or assail, especially from all sides. 

  • Of a ship, to get trapped by ice. 

  • To surround or hem in. 

curlicue

verb
  • To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues. 

noun
  • A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops. 

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