Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	fish_n	great_a	sea_n	3,519	5	6.8793	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19191	The historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton; Mémoires. English	Commynes, Philippe de, ca. 1447-1511.; Danett, Thomas, fl. 1566-1601.	1596 (1596)	STC 5602; ESTC S107247	513,370	414

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