nape vs withers

nape

noun
  • The back part of the neck. 

  • Napalm. 

  • The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head. 

verb
  • To bombard with napalm. 

withers

noun
  • The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. 

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