impale vs skiver

impale

verb
  • To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. 

  • To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object. 

  • To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage). 

  • To enclose or fence with stakes. 

skiver

verb
  • To skewer, impale. 

noun
  • A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school. 

  • The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins. 

  • One who uses a skive (or skives). 

  • An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc. 

  • A slacker. 

  • A skewer. 

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