levee vs shallows

levee

noun
  • The steep bank of a river. 

  • A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders. 

  • The border of an irrigated field. 

  • A pier or other landing place on a river. 

  • An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. 

  • An elevated geographical feature. 

  • A reception of visitors held after getting up. 

verb
  • To attend the levee or levees of. 

  • To keep within a channel by means of levees. 

shallows

noun
  • An area in a large body of water with many shallow areas. 

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