fettle vs rescript

fettle

verb
  • To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair. 

  • To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. 

  • To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal. 

  • To be upset or in a bad mood. 

  • In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds. 

noun
  • Sand used to line a furnace. 

  • One's mental state; spirits. 

  • a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces. 

  • The act of fettling. 

  • A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst. 

  • A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. 

rescript

verb
  • To script again or anew. 

noun
  • A rewriting, a document copied or written again. 

  • A duplicate copy of a legal document. 

  • A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate. 

  • An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law. 

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