Well, yes^, but I was hoping for a more specific answer. Of the two usage examples dictionary.com gives Browning wasn't published yet
and Dryden was a bit past it
(though might have been republished).
I'm wondering if that spike might not reflect acquisitions of works by the libraries used for the scanning material sources (specifically the Library of Congress re-opening after the war of 1812). They simply wouldn't have the means to acquire older books yet, and newer books barely use the word.
Moving on to your word, scroll over to the right side of the graph: