barbed vs sharp-cornered

barbed

adj
  • Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. 

  • Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals). 

  • Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. 

  • Having barbs 

sharp-cornered

adj
  • angular, having sharp corners 

How often have the words barbed and sharp-cornered occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )