Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	advance_v	left_a	right_a	6,499	5	7.6333	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02192	The causes of a publick fast, and humiliation, to be kept with all convenient diligence: by all the members of this Kirk and Kingdom of Scosland [sic]. / Set down by the Commissioners of the Generall Assemblie.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; Douglas, Robert, 1594-1674.; Ker, A.	1650 (1650)	Wing C4201C; ESTC R171353	5,758	14

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