fettle vs stencil

fettle

noun
  • a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces. 

  • Sand used to line a furnace. 

  • One's mental state; spirits. 

  • The act of fettling. 

  • A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst. 

  • A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. 

verb
  • To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. 

  • To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal. 

  • To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair. 

  • To be upset or in a bad mood. 

  • In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds. 

stencil

noun
  • A pattern produced using such a utensil. 

  • A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. 

  • A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. 

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

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