horse-fly vs stout

horse-fly

stout

noun
  • Gadfly. 

  • Gnat. 

  • A large clothing size. 

  • A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain. 

  • An obese person. 

  • Firefly or miller (moth). 

verb
  • To persist, endure. 

adj
  • Firm; resolute; dauntless. 

  • Materially strong, enduring. 

  • Obstinate. 

  • Large; bulky. 

How often have the words horse-fly and stout occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )