carom vs spang

carom

verb
  • To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound. 

  • To make a carom (shot in billiards). 

noun
  • ajwain 

  • A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. 

  • A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter. 

spang

verb
  • To leap; spring. 

  • To set with bright points: star or spangle. 

  • To hitch; fasten. 

  • To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence. 

  • To strike or ricochet with a loud report 

noun
  • A bound or spring; a leap. 

  • A span. 

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