Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	work_n	work_v	year_n	21	3	4.3667	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02826	The observations of Sir Richard Havvkins Knight, in his voiage into the South Sea. Anno Domini 1593	Hawkins, Richard, Sir, 1562?-1622.	1622 (1622)	STC 12962; ESTC S119816	156,176	182

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