Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	drink_v	let_v	wine_n	5,229	5	7.7272	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28327	The vision of Theodorus Verax by Bryce Blair.	Blair, Bryce.	1671 (1671)	Wing B3125; ESTC R37114	38,224	184

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