adust vs dry as a bone

adust

adj
  • Hot and dry; thirsty or parched. 

  • Of a bodily humour: abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry). 

dry as a bone

adj
  • completely dry; totally dry 

How often have the words adust and dry as a bone occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )