sawed-off vs tine

sawed-off

adj
  • Short (as though something that should be there isn't). 

  • Shortened by sawing. 

noun
  • A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun. 

tine

adj
  • small, diminutive 

noun
  • A wild vetch or tare. 

  • A small branch, especially on an antler or horn. 

  • A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb. 

verb
  • To kindle; to set on fire. 

  • To shut in, or enclose. 

How often have the words sawed-off and tine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )