Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	cold_a	hot_a	moist_a	3,241	5	10.4782	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36433	A voyage to the world of Cartesius written originally in French, translated into English by T. Taylor, of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.; Voyage du monde de Descartes. English	Daniel, Gabriel, 1649-1728.; Taylor, Thomas, 17th cent.	1694 (1694)	Wing D202; ESTC R29697	171,956	322

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