Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	wit_n	word_n	write_a	17	3	9.4316	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30785	The Jewish synagogue, or, An historical narration of the state of the Jewes at this day dispersed over the face of the whole earth ... / translated out of the learned Buxtorfius ... by A.B., Mr. A. of Q. Col. in Oxford.	Buxtorf, Johann, 1599-1664.; A. B., Mr. A. of Q. Col. in Oxford.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6347; ESTC R23867	293,718	328

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