Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	half_a	let_v	pound_n	3,994	5	8.1346	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36763	The manner of making of coffee, tea, and chocolate as it is used in most parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with their vertues / newly done out of French and Spanish.; De l'usage du caphé, du thé, et du chocolate. English	Dufour, Philippe Sylvestre, 1622-1687.; Colmenero de Ledesma, Antonio. Curioso tratado de la naturaleza y calidad del chocolate. English.; Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723.	1685 (1685)	Wing D2455; ESTC R4072	38,381	122

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