gam vs sprig

gam

noun
  • A person's leg, especially an attractive woman's leg. 

  • Collective noun used to refer to a group of whales, or rarely also of porpoises; a pod. 

  • A social gathering of whalers (whaling ships). 

verb
  • To pay a social visit on another ship at sea. 

  • To engage in social intercourse anywhere. 

sprig

noun
  • One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace. 

  • A youth; a lad. 

  • A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray. 

  • An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig. 

  • A brad, or nail without a head. 

  • A house sparrow. 

  • A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. 

verb
  • To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery. 

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