employ vs workstead

employ

noun
  • The state of being an employee; employment. 

verb
  • To hire (somebody for work or a job). 

  • To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task). 

  • To make busy. 

workstead

noun
  • A place of employment; workplace. 

  • Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation. 

  • A laboratory. 

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