Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	body_n	part_n	water_n	3,651	5	6.4292	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51584	An anatomical account of the elephant accidentally burnt in Dublin on Fryday, June 17 in the year 1681 sent in a letter to Sir Will. Petty, fellow of the Royal Society : together with a relation of new anatomical observations in the eyes of animals, communicated in another letter to the Honourable R. Boyle ..., fellow of the same society / by A.M. ...	Mullen, Allan, d. 1690.	1682 (1682)	Wing M3057; ESTC R32097	18,627	43

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