shiver vs spalt

shiver

verb
  • To break into splinters or fragments. 

  • To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened. 

  • To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind. 

noun
  • A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter. 

  • Collective noun for a group of sharks 

  • A bodily response to early hypothermia.ᵂᵖ 

  • A sheave or small wheel in a pulley. 

  • The act of shivering. 

  • A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone. 

  • A variety of blue slate. 

spalt

verb
  • To break off pieces, or have them broken off, especially with an axe etc; to splinter. 

noun
  • Spelter. 

adj
  • Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. 

  • Brittle. 

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