Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	earth_n	good_a	tree_n	1,484	5	8.0211	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15742	The elements of architecture, collected by Henry Wotton Knight, from the best authors and examples	Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.	1624 (1624)	STC 26011; ESTC S120324	38,023	134

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