botch vs spale

botch

noun
  • A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 

  • An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. 

  • A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. 

  • A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge. 

  • A case or outbreak of boils or sores. 

verb
  • To repair or mend clumsily. 

  • To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily. 

  • To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something 

spale

noun
  • A chip or splinter of wood. 

  • One of a number of cross-bands fastened temporarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured. 

  • A strengthening cross timber. 

  • A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone. 

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