clout vs fist

clout

verb
  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • 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 join or patch clumsily. 

noun
  • 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 home run. 

  • A blow with the hand. 

fist

verb
  • To strike with the fist. 

  • To fist-fuck. 

  • To close (the hand) into a fist. 

  • To grip with a fist. 

  • To break wind. 

noun
  • The pointing hand symbol ☞. 

  • The act of breaking wind; fise. 

  • A puffball. 

  • The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code. 

  • A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward. 

  • The talons of a bird of prey. 

  • A person's characteristic handwriting. 

  • A group of men. 

  • An attempt at something. 

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