grub vs smeddum

grub

noun
  • A dirty person. 

  • An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle. 

  • Food. 

  • A despicable person; a lowlife. 

verb
  • To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food. 

  • To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up. 

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