Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	add_v	ounce_n	strain_v	3,612	5	11.1936	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50694	The accomplisht physician, the honest apothecary, and the skilful chyrurgeon detecting their necessary connexion and dependence on each other : withall a discovery of the frauds of the quacking empirick, the praescribing surgeon, and the practicing apothecary	Merret, Christopher, 1614-1695.; Harvey, Gideon, 1640?-1700?	1670 (1670)	Wing M1835; ESTC R26201	45,733	105

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