crosscut vs dice

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

dice

verb
  • To cut into small cubes. 

  • To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. 

  • To play dice. 

noun
  • Gaming with one or more dice. 

  • That which has been diced. 

  • A die. 

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