barbed vs styptic

barbed

adj
  • Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. 

  • Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. 

  • Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals). 

  • Having barbs 

styptic

adj
  • Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere. 

  • That stops bleeding. 

noun
  • A substance used for styptic results. 

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