braise vs take the chill off

braise

verb
  • To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling. 

noun
  • A sauce used for braising. 

  • A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising. 

  • Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream) 

take the chill off

verb
  • To make something less cold; to warm up slightly 

  • To become less cold; to warm up slightly 

How often have the words braise and take the chill off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )