Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	burn_v	great_a	water_n	2,442	4	5.7787	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40566	A Full and true account of the lamentable and dreadful fire that began in Cinnamon-Street in Wapping, on the nineteenth of this instant November, 1682		1682 (1682)	Wing F2305; ESTC R31720	2,711	4

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