crosscut vs oblong

crosscut

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. 

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

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

oblong

noun
  • Something with an oblong shape. 

  • A rectangle with length and width that are different. 

  • An ellipse with minor and major axes that are different. 

verb
  • To give an oblong shape to. 

  • To extend so as to form an oblong shape. 

adj
  • Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation. 

  • Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular. 

  • Roughly rectangular or elliptical. 

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