malleate vs pummel

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. 

pummel

verb
  • To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly. 

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