Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	key_n	open_v	shut_v	4,285	5	9.4567	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06692	Micrologia Characters, or essayes, of persons, trades, and places, offered to the city and country. By R.M.	R. M., fl. 1629.	1629 (1629)	STC 17146; ESTC S102521	15,435	56

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