crosscut vs excise

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. 

excise

verb
  • To cut out; to remove. 

  • To impose an excise tax on something. 

noun
  • A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country). 

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