Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	wound_a	wound_n	wound_v	34	3	8.8147	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10246	Argalus and Parthenia The argument of ye history. Written by Fra: Quarles.	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Arcadia.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.	1629 (1629)	STC 20526; ESTC S112006	79,656	165

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