cess vs execration

cess

noun
  • Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. 

  • An assessed tax, duty, or levy. 

  • The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage. 

verb
  • To levy a cess. 

execration

noun
  • An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation. 

  • That which is execrated; a detested thing. 

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