Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	body_n	foot_n	hand_n	5,843	5	4.9389	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61674	The vaulting-master, or, The art of vaulting reduced to a method, comprized under certaine rules, illustrated by examples, and now primarily set forth by Will. Stokes.	Stokes, Will.; Glover, George.	1652 (1652)	Wing S5728; ESTC R33653	14,501	69

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