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	great_a	water_n	1,720	5	6.0907	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51359	A general treatise of artillery, or, Great ordnance writ in Italian by Tomaso Morretii ... ; translated into English, with notes thereupon, and some additions out of French for sea-gunners, by Sir Jonas Moore, Kt. ; with an appendix of artificial fire-works for war and delight, by Sir Abraham Dager ...; Trattato dell' artiglieria. English. 1683	Moretti, Tomaso, d. 1675.; Moore, Jonas, Sir, 1617-1679.; Dager, Abraham, Sir.; Fournier, Georges, 1595-1652. Hydrographie contenant la theorie et la pratique de toutes les parties de la navigation.	1683 (1683)	Wing M2726; ESTC R37646	59,051	154

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