cudgel vs malleate

cudgel

verb
  • To strike with a cudgel. 

  • To exercise (one's wits or brains). 

noun
  • Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. 

  • A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon. 

malleate

verb
  • To beat into shape with a hammer. 

adj
  • Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer. 

  • Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered. 

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