meld vs putrefy

meld

noun
  • A combination of cards which is melded. 

verb
  • to combine multiple similar objects into one. 

  • In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards. 

putrefy

verb
  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous. 

  • To corrupt; to make foul. 

  • To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance. 

  • To reach an advanced stage of decomposition. 

  • To become gangrenous. 

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