cutlass vs poniard

cutlass

noun
  • A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship. 

  • A similarly shaped tool; a machete. 

verb
  • To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass. 

poniard

noun
  • A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade. 

verb
  • To stab with a poniard. 

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