pleach vs riddle

pleach

noun
  • A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out. 

  • An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc. 

  • A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher. 

verb
  • To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash. 

riddle

noun
  • A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it. 

  • A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature. 

  • A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand. 

  • An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning. 

  • One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south. 

verb
  • To fill with holes like a riddle. 

  • To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. 

  • To fill or spread throughout; to pervade. 

  • To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift. 

  • To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question. 

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