demean vs scrag

demean

noun
  • demesne. 

  • resources; means. 

verb
  • To debase; to lower; to degrade. 

  • To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a dataset). 

  • To mortify. 

  • To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate. 

scrag

noun
  • A scrog. 

  • A rough or unkempt woman. 

  • A ragged, stunted tree or branch. 

  • A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class. 

verb
  • To harass; to manhandle. 

  • To destroy or kill. 

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