Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	foot_n	neck_n	privity_n	4,676	5	17.3191	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39068	The Experienced jocky, compleat horseman, or gentlemans delight containing plain and easie directions in breeding, feeding, keeping and managing horses for all occasions, as war, raccing, hunting, travel, &c. ... to which are added plain and easie directions for the breeding, feeding, managing and curing distempers in bulls, cows, calves, oxen, sheep and swine, useful and necessary for all persons who expect pleasure or profit by any of the forementioned animals, the like before not extant.		1684 (1684)	Wing E3878; ESTC R1977	136,221	359

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etc._n p._n 315_o the_o headache_a giddiness_n loss_n of_o cudd_n disease_n in_o the_o eye_n ague_n in_o lamb_n or_o sheep_n rheum_n catarrh_n disease_n in_o the_o eye_n or_o tooth_n boil_n aposthume_n and_o ulcer_n their_o respective_a cure_n p._n 317_o saint_n anthony_n fire_n rotsie_n or_o plague_n disease_n of_o the_o lung_n scab_n or_o itch_n cough_n swallow_v spider_n or_o any_o venom_n and_o belly_n swell_v their_o respective_a cure_n p._n 320_o lame_a claw_n maggot_n and_o louse_n break_a or_o bruise_a joint_n etc._n etc._n how_o to_o order_v p._n 322_o a_o treatise_n of_o swine_n the_o mark_n whereby_o to_o know_v a_o good_a breed_n and_o how_o to_o procure_v it_o p._n 323_o when_o the_o sow_n ought_v to_o be_v cover_v the_o time_n of_o spay_v and_o gelding_n and_o how_o with_o little_a charge_n to_o make_v swine_n fat_a p._n 324_o sickness_n in_o swine_n how_o to_o know_v it_o and_o the_o cure_n for_o headache_n swine-pox_n and_o the_o distemper_n call_v the_o eat_a yarrow_n 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