Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	drachm_n	half_a	ounce_n	6,028	5	11.2390	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59195	Nine books of physick and chirurgery written by that great and learned physitian, Dr Sennertus. The first five being his Institutions of the whole body of physick: the other four of fevers and agues: with their differences, signs, and cures.	Sennert, Daniel, 1572-1637.	1658 (1658)	Wing S2537; Wing S2538; ESTC R221010	477,810	625

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