caudle vs featherbed

caudle

verb
  • To make into caudle. 

  • To serve as a caudle to; to refresh. 

noun
  • A hot drink given to the sick, consisting of wine or ale, eggs, and bread. 

featherbed

verb
  • To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle. 

  • To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement. 

noun
  • A mattress stuffed with feathers. 

  • A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers. 

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