Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	deep_a	fathom_n	league_n	3,088	5	9.6883	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16495	An encouragement to colonies· by Sir VVilliam Alexander, Knight	Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 8-1640.	1624 (1624)	STC 341; ESTC S104369	33,480	61

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