clout vs dish

clout

noun
  • A home run. 

  • A clout nail. 

  • The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 

  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political. 

  • A blow with the hand. 

verb
  • To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout. 

  • To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. 

  • To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 

  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • To join or patch clumsily. 

dish

noun
  • The home plate. 

  • The contents of such a vessel. 

  • Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal. 

  • The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity. 

  • A sexually attractive person. 

  • That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor. 

  • Gossip. 

  • A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. 

  • A specific type of prepared food. 

  • A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl. 

  • A hollow place, as in a field. 

  • A trough in which ore is measured. 

verb
  • To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food. 

  • To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish. 

  • To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another. 

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