paste vs puddling

paste

noun
  • A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid 

  • One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry. 

  • The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded. 

  • A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass. 

  • One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste. 

  • One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc. 

verb
  • To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else. 

  • To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste. 

  • To strike or beat someone or something. 

  • To defeat decisively or by a large margin. 

puddling

noun
  • The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids. 

  • The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight. 

  • The action of forming a puddle. 

  • The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron. 

  • A group of mallards (ducks). 

  • A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients. 

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