Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	blow_v	match_n	musket_n	2,630	5	15.5126	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53478	A treatise of the art of war dedicated to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty / and written by the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery.	Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679.	1677 (1677)	Wing O499; ESTC R200	162,506	242

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