food vs smeddum

food

noun
  • A foodstuff. 

  • Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. 

  • Anything that nourishes or sustains. 

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 food and smeddum occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )