Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	deep_a	fathom_n	sand_n	1,505	5	11.2012	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77784	A note of such arts and mysteries as an English gentleman, a souldier, and a traveller is able by Gods assistance to perform (he having means to perfect the same.)	Bulmer, John, Captain.; Sarson, Laurence, fl. 1643-1645.; Cudworth, Ralph, 1617-1688.; Dillingham, William, 1617?-1689.	1649 (1649)	Wing B5439; Thomason 669.f.14[89]; ESTC R211317	1,677	1

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