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	rear_n	right_n	2,957	5	8.2595	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37153	The history of the campagne in the Spanish Netherlands, Anno Dom. 1694 with the journal of the siege of Huy / by Edward D'Auvergne ...	D'Auvergne, Edward, 1660-1737.	1694 (1694)	Wing D298; ESTC R16405	73,013	118

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