Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	find_v	place_n	time_n	1,958	5	3.4122	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36561	A short and sure guid[e] in the practice of raising and ordering of fruit-trees being the many years recreation and experience of Francis Drope ...	Drope, Francis, 1629?-1671.	1672 (1672)	Wing D2188; ESTC R9715	32,321	133

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