awash vs elbow-toelbow

awash

adj
  • Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water. 

  • Covered, overspread (with or in something). 

elbow-toelbow

How often have the words awash and elbow-toelbow occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )