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The miller's Tale

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Definition
Cuckold   make (another man) a cuckold by having a sexual relationship with his wife.  
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Ribaldry   amusingly coarse or irreverent talk or behavior.  
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Thriftily   (of a person or their behavior) using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.  
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Ale   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   a natural or artificial enclosed space or cavity.  
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Almagest   any of several early medieval treatises on a branch of knowledge.  
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Cato   All-knowing  
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Hue   overall character or appearance to the mind.  
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Skittish   lively or frisky in action.  
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Embossed   ornamented with or having the form of a raised pattern, design, image, etc.  
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Yeoman   an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household.  
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Surplice   having a diagonally overlapping neckline or closing.  
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Prologue   the preface or introduction to a literary work.  
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Churl   a medieval peasant.  
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Boarders   Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain.  
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Maiden   an unmarried girl or woman.  
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Licorice   the dried root of a European leguminous plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) with pinnate leaves and spikes of blue flowers.  
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Slapstick   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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Censer   a covered incense burner swung on chains in a religious ritual.  
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Offertory   the eucharistic offering of bread and wine to God before they are consecrated.  
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Chafes   to warm by rubbing especially with the hands.  
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Satire   a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn.  
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Troupes   to perform as a member of a theatrical troupe.  
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Astrolabe   a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant.  
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Lecherous   given to or suggestive of lechery.  
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Wench   a young woman or girl.  
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Colt   a young male horse that is usually not castrated and has not attained an arbitrarily designated age (such as four years).  
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Brooch   an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck.  
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Beguile   to engage the interest of by or as if by.  
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Cittern   a Renaissance stringed instrument like a guitar with a flat pear-shaped body.  
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Absolam   the third son of David, King of Israel with Maacah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur.  
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