flourish vs purfling

flourish

noun
  • An ornamentation. 

  • A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare. 

  • A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag. 

  • A decorative embellishment on a building. 

verb
  • To thrive or grow well. 

  • To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion. 

  • To make bold, sweeping movements with. 

  • To be in a period of greatest influence. 

  • To prosper or fare well. 

  • To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish. 

  • To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions. 

  • To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude. 

  • To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures. 

  • To develop; to make thrive; to expand. 

purfling

noun
  • An ornament consisting of a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or gold studs or mountings. 

  • Two or more very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline, or this effect simulated with paint. 

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