Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	left_a	pike_n	rear_n	3,319	5	12.6170	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38472	English military discipline, or, The way and method of exercising horse & foot according to the practice of this present time with a treatise of all sorts of arms and engines of war, of fire-works, ensigns, and other military instruments, both ancient and modern, enriched with many figures.	Harford, Robert, fl. 1677-1681.	1680 (1680)	Wing E3105A; ESTC R9992	10,464	49

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