Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	corn_n	year_n	yellow_a	15	3	8.7415	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28985	The general history of the air designed and begun by the Honble. Robert Boyle ...	Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.	1692 (1692)	Wing B3981; ESTC R11260	136,385	273

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