eating vs smeddum

eating

noun
  • The act of corroding or consuming some substance. 

  • The act of ingesting food. 

  • Food; cooking, cuisine. 

adj
  • Suitable to be eaten without being cooked. 

  • Bred to be eaten. 

smeddum

noun
  • The powder or finest part of ground malt. 

  • Fine powder; flour. 

  • A layer of clay or shale between two beds of coal. 

  • Smitham. 

  • Zest, energy; pluck; sagacity; quickness of apprehension; gumption; spirit; mettle. 

  • Ore small enough to pass through the wire bottom of a sieve. 

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