buckram vs pliant

buckram

noun
  • A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. 

  • A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic. 

verb
  • To stiffen with or as if with buckram. 

pliant

adj
  • Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking 

  • Easily influenced; tractable. 

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