Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	bullet_n	great_a	piece_n	2,015	5	9.9190	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64804	Military and maritine [sic] discipline in three books.	Venn, Thomas. Military observations.	1672 (1672)	Wing V192; ESTC R25827	403,413	588

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