alongside vs fore and aft

alongside

adv
  • Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast. 

prep
  • Together with or at the same time. 

  • Side by side with. 

fore and aft

adv
  • At both ends of a vessel. 

  • From the bow of a ship to the stern; lengthwise. 

  • Everywhere on a vessel. 

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