jury-rig vs mend

jury-rig

noun
  • An improvised rigging. 

verb
  • To make an improvised rigging or assembly from whatever is available. 

  • To create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand. 

  • To rig a jury; to engage in jury rigging (that is, jury tampering); to improperly influence jurors, or the selection of jurors, such that they return a certain result. 

mend

noun
  • A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. 

  • The act of repairing or recovering. 

verb
  • To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. 

  • To repair (something that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or otherwise damaged) 

  • To put in a better state; to set right; to reform; 

  • To quicken 

  • To help, to advance, to further; to add to. 

How often have the words jury-rig and mend occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )