broadside vs cosh

broadside

verb
  • To collide with something side-on. 

noun
  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. 

  • A forceful attack, be it written or spoken. 

  • One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing. 

  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 

adv
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 

cosh

verb
  • To strike with a weapon of this kind. 

adj
  • cosy; snug 

noun
  • A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon. 

  • A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack. 

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