Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	advantage_n	great_a	part_n	1,014	5	3.9894	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67083	Systema agriculturæ, the mystery of husbandry discovered treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of tilling, planting, sowing, manuring, ordering, improving of all sorts of gardens, orchards, meadows, pastures, corn-lands, woods & coppices, as also of fruits, corn, grain, pulse, new-hays, cattle, fowl, beasts, bees, silk-worms, &c. : with an account of the several instruments and engines used in this profession : to which is added Kalendarium rusticum, or, The husbandmans monthly directions, also the prognosticks of dearth, scarcity, plenty, sickness, heat, cold, frost, snow, winds, rain, hail, thunder, &c. and Dictionarium rusticum, or, The interpretation of rustick terms, the whole work being of great use and advantage to all that delight in that most noble practice.	Worlidge, John, fl. 1660-1698.	1675 (1675)	Wing W3599; ESTC R225414	330,040	361

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treatise_n i._o of_o husbandry_n and_o improvement_n in_o general_a plain_o discover_v the_o nature_n reason_n and_o cause_n of_o improvement_n and_o the_o growth_n of_o vegetable_n ii_o of_o the_o great_a benefit_n and_o advantage_n of_o enclose_v land_n iii_o of_o meadow_n and_o posture-land_n and_o the_o several_a way_n of_o their_o improvement_n either_o by_o water_v or_o drown_v or_o by_o sow_v or_o propagate_a several_a sort_n of_o extraordinary_a grass_n hays_n etc._n etc._n four_o of_o arable_a land_n and_o tillage_n and_o of_o the_o several_a grain_n pulse_n etc._n etc._n usual_o propagate_v by_o the_o plough_n v._o of_o the_o manure_a dung_v and_o soil_v of_o land_n vi_o of_o the_o benefit_n raise_v plant_v and_o propagate_a of_o all_o sort_n of_o timber-tree_n and_o other_o tree_n useful_a either_o in_o building_n or_o other_o mechanic_n use_v or_o for_o fence_v fuel_n etc._n etc._n vii_o of_o fruit-tree_n viii_o of_o such_o tillage_n herb_n root_n and_o fruit_n that_o be_v 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for_o the_o husbandman_n fourteen_o of_o the_o prognostic_n of_o dearth_n or_o scarcity_n plenty_n sickness_n heat_n cold_a frost_n snow_n wind_n rain_n hail_o thunder_n etc._n etc._n xv._o dictionarium_fw-la rusticum_n or_o the_o interpretation_n of_o rustic_a term_n etc._n etc._n the_o analysis_n or_o summary_n of_o the_o ensue_a work_n the_o preface_n or_o introduction_n in_o the_o praise_n of_o husbandry_n chap._n i._n of_o husbandry_n and_o improvement_n in_o general_n plain_o discover_v the_o nature_n reason_n and_o cause_n of_o improvement_n and_o the_o growth_n of_o vegetable_n etc._n etc._n fol._n 1_o what_o agriculture_n be_v id_fw-la of_o the_o subject_n whereon_o the_o husbandman_n bestow_v his_o labour_n id_fw-la of_o the_o universal_a spirit_n or_o mercury_n 2_o of_o the_o universal_a sulphur_n id_fw-la of_o the_o universal_a salt_n 3_o of_o the_o true_a matter_n of_o vegetable_n it_o where_o water_n or_o spirit_n abound_v 4_o where_o fatness_n or_o sulphur_n abound_v 5_o 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artificial_a engine_n 17_o of_o the_o persian_a wheel_n 18_o of_o wind-engine_n for_o the_o raise_n water_n 19_o what_o windmill_n

meadow_n or_o such_o place_n where_o you_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o dig_v or_o much_o break_v the_o ground_n fume_v the_o hole_n with_o brimstone_n garlick_n and_o other_o unsavoury_a thing_n will_v drive_v they_o out_o of_o the_o ground_n that_o be_v before_o infest_a with_o they_o but_o the_o put_v a_o dead_a mole_n in_o a_o common_a haunt_v will_v make_v they_o absolute_o forsake_v it_o every_o countryman_n almost_o be_v sensible_a of_o the_o great_a injury_n and_o rat_n mouse_n or_o rat_n annoyance_n they_o receive_v from_o these_o vermin_n both_o in_o the_o field_n where_o they_o raise_v nursery_n of_o tree_n in_o their_o garden_n where_o they_o sow_v and_o plant_v bean_n please_v etc._n etc._n and_o in_o their_o house_n barn_n and_o corn-reeks_a in_o the_o field_n orchard_n garden_n etc._n etc._n i_o know_v no_o ready_a way_n to_o destroy_v they_o than_o by_o place_v a_o earthen-pot_n in_o the_o ground_n and_o cover_v it_o with_o a_o board_n with_o a_o hole_n in_o the_o middle_n 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