lavage vs mist

lavage

noun
  • A washing of a hollow organ. 

  • A washing. 

verb
  • To wash a hollow organ 

mist

noun
  • A layer of fine droplets or particles. 

  • It was difficult to see through the morning mist. 

  • Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision. 

  • Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.) 

verb
  • To form mist. 

  • To be covered by tears. 

  • To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water. 

  • To cover with a mist. 

  • To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds. 

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