embowed vs wry

embowed

adj
  • Bent, curved or arched like a bow. 

wry

adj
  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

noun
  • Distortion. 

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

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