Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	great_a	pass_v	river_n	3,950	5	7.4755	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00688	Terra australis incognita, or A new southerne discouerie, containing a fifth part of the vvorld. Lately found out by Ferdinand de Quir, a Spanish captaine. Neuer before published. Translated by W.B.; Relacion de un memorial que ha presentado Pedro Fernandez de Quir. English	Queirós, Pedro Fernandes de, d. 1615.; W. B., fl. 1613-1617.	1617 (1617)	STC 10822; ESTC S105572	9,939	30

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