lac vs scourge

lac

noun
  • Laceration. 

  • A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect. 

scourge

noun
  • A means to inflict such pain or destruction. 

  • A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction. 

  • A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed. 

verb
  • To strike with a scourge; to flog. 

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