blunt vs busk

blunt

noun
  • A short needle with a strong point. 

  • A marijuana cigar. 

  • A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. 

  • A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. 

verb
  • To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. 

  • To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of 

adj
  • Having a thick edge or point; not sharp. 

  • Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. 

  • Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute. 

  • Hard to impress or penetrate. 

  • Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive. 

busk

noun
  • A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it. 

  • A corset. 

verb
  • To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport. 

  • To tack, cruise about. 

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