dally vs scram

dally

verb
  • To delay unnecessarily; to while away. 

  • To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle. 

  • To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal 

  • To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet 

noun
  • Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping. 

scram

verb
  • To leave in a hurry; to go away. 

  • To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw. 

  • Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency. 

  • To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency. 

noun
  • A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency. 

  • The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown. 

  • A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails. 

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