Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	beast_n	crown_n	horn_n	2,520	5	10.5049	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20060	The guls horne-booke: By T. Deckar	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.; Dedekind, Friedrich, d. 1598. Grobianus.	1609 (1609)	STC 6500; ESTC S105251	32,259	48

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