Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	boil_v	put_v	water_n	9,360	5	7.0360	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35936	A precious treasury of twenty rare secrets most necessary, pleasant, and profitable for all sorts of people / published by Signier Francisco Dickinson ...	Dickinson, Francisco.	1649 (1649)	Wing D1387; ESTC R15168	4,091	9

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