hieroglyph vs stencil

hieroglyph

noun
  • An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system. 

  • Any obscure or baffling symbol. 

verb
  • To represent by hieroglyphs. 

stencil

noun
  • 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. 

  • A pattern produced using such a utensil. 

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

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