scut vs skate

scut

noun
  • A contemptible person. 

  • The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva. 

  • A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer. 

  • Distasteful work; drudgery 

  • Some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes. 

verb
  • To scamper off. 

skate

noun
  • A mean or contemptible person. 

  • The act of roller skating or ice skating 

  • A worn-out horse. 

  • A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice. 

  • A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body. 

  • The act of skateboarding 

adj
  • Pertaining to the technique of skating. 

verb
  • To move smoothly and easily. 

  • To use the skating technique. 

  • To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty. 

  • To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. 

  • To skateboard. 

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