give tongue vs mewl

give tongue

verb
  • To cry. 

  • To bark; to howl, bay. 

  • To vocalize audibly. 

  • To give expression to (something); to express. 

  • To ring out, sound. 

mewl

verb
  • To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine. 

noun
  • A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling. 

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