Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	hold_v	let_v	right_a	4,358	5	6.7900	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37154	The history of the last campagne in the Spanish Netherlands, Anno Dom. 1693 with an exact draught of the several attacks of the French line by the Duke of Wirtemberg, with the detachment under his command : done upon copper / by Edward D'Auvergne ...	D'Auvergne, Edward, 1660-1737.	1693 (1693)	Wing D299; ESTC R15641	72,677	143

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