pommel vs stoke

pommel

noun
  • The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger. 

  • Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse. 

  • The upper front brow of a saddle. 

  • A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion. 

verb
  • To pound or beat. 

stoke

noun
  • An act of poking, piercing, thrusting 

verb
  • To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. 

  • To poke, pierce, thrust. 

  • To encourage a behavior or emotion. 

  • To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. 

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