forestall vs wanty

forestall

noun
  • Something situated or placed in front. 

verb
  • To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. 

  • To anticipate, to act foreseeingly. 

  • To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible. 

  • To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. 

  • To deprive (with of). 

wanty

noun
  • A leather tie; a short wagon rope. 

  • A stretch of fishing-lines shot in the water. 

  • A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness. 

  • A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of an animal. 

adj
  • Possessing or indicating lack; deficient. 

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