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The miller's Tale

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show make (another man) a cuckold by having a sexual relationship with his wife.  
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show amusingly coarse or irreverent talk or behavior.  
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Thriftily   show
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show Ale is a type of beer brewed using a warm fermentation method, resulting in a sweet, full-bodied and fruity taste.  
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Chamber   show
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show any of several early medieval treatises on a branch of knowledge.  
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Cato   show
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show overall character or appearance to the mind.  
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Skittish   show
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show ornamented with or having the form of a raised pattern, design, image, etc.  
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show an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household.  
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show having a diagonally overlapping neckline or closing.  
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Prologue   show
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Churl   show
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Boarders   show
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show an unmarried girl or woman.  
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show the dried root of a European leguminous plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) with pinnate leaves and spikes of blue flowers.  
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show a device made of two flat pieces of wood fastened at one end so as to make a loud noise when used by an actor to strike a person.  
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show a covered incense burner swung on chains in a religious ritual.  
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show the eucharistic offering of bread and wine to God before they are consecrated.  
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show to warm by rubbing especially with the hands.  
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Satire   show
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Troupes   show
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show a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant.  
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Lecherous   show
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Wench   show
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Colt   show
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show an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck.  
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show to engage the interest of by or as if by.  
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show a Renaissance stringed instrument like a guitar with a flat pear-shaped body.  
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Absolam   show
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