Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	ounce_n	seed_n	sugar_n	4,851	5	10.7812	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09733	Sundrie nevv and artificiall remedies against famine. Written by H.P. Esq. vppon thoccasion of this present dearth	Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1611?	1596 (1596)	STC 19996; ESTC S114752	18,417	36

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