Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	little_a	sea_n	see_v	1,312	5	3.4874	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08171	[The history of strange wonders.]	Camerarius, Joachim, 1500-1574.	1561 (1561)	STC 18507; ESTC S110146	18,042	54

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