fastness vs washboard

fastness

noun
  • The ability of a dye to withstand fading. 

  • A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold. 

  • The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness. 

  • Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening. 

  • The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity. 

  • The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. 

washboard

noun
  • A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed. 

  • A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface. 

  • A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard. 

  • Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument. 

verb
  • To play a washboard. 

  • To move up and down or back and forth across the surface of a hive, possibly to lay down a layer of propolis and wax. 

  • To produce a rippled texture on a surface. 

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