Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	file_n	hand_n	open_v	4,319	5	11.4958	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74980	An abridgement of the English military discipline.	Great Britain. Army.	1676 (1676)	Wing A102A; ESTC R200457	11,408	88

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