crabbing vs vexed

crabbing

noun
  • A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine. 

  • The act or art of catching crabs. 

  • The fighting of hawks with each other. 

vexed

adj
  • annoyed, irritated or distressed 

  • much debated, discussed or disputed 

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