peck vs stoke

peck

verb
  • To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements. 

  • To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. 

  • To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). 

  • To type in general. 

  • To type by searching for each key individually. 

  • To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up. 

  • To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot. 

  • To throw. 

  • To do something in small, intermittent pieces. 

  • To kiss briefly. 

noun
  • A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. 

  • An act of striking with a beak. 

  • A small kiss. 

  • One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. 

  • Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects. 

stoke

verb
  • To poke, pierce, thrust. 

  • To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. 

  • To encourage a behavior or emotion. 

  • To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. 

noun
  • An act of poking, piercing, thrusting 

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