Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	dram_n	ounce_n	prepare_v	6,479	5	9.4935	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81875	A treasure of health By Castor Durante Da Gualdo, physician and citizen of Rome. Wherein is shewn how to preserve health, and prolong life. Also the nature of all sorts of meats and drinks, with the way to prevent all hurt that attends the use of either of them. Translated out of Italian into English, by John Chamberlayne, Gent. Imprimatur, April 5. 1686. Rob. Midgley.; De bonitate et vitio alimentorum centuria. English	Durante, Castore, 1529-1590.; Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723.	1686 (1686)	Wing D2682B; ESTC R202251	103,967	242

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