Chapter II

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From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

a church associated with a monastery or convent

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

being in agreement or harmony; often followed by “with”

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

how long something has existed

From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

of legislation

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

the party who appeals a decision of a lower court

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

past form of “ascend” — travel up

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

a mountain or tall hill

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

next to; at the side of

From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

inflected form of “breed” — call forth

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

an instance of boastful talk

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

an open river valley (in a hilly area)

From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

an artistic form of nonverbal communication

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

plural of “degree” — a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

plural of “duel” — a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

housing that someone is living in

From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

closed in or surrounded or included within

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

relating to the vicinity of the equator

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

the organ of sight

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

having or displaying warmth or affection

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

plural of “footnote” — a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

set up or found

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

a small growth of trees without underbrush

From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

engage or hire for work

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

immediately past

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

plural of “list” — a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

impressiveness in scale or proportion

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

place in proper rank

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

an indefinitely short time

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

a small quantity of anything

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

not any; not one

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

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From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

express in words

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

100 lisente equal 1 loti in Lesotho; one sente is worth one-hundredth of a loti

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

estrangement from god

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

being of delicate or slender build

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

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From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

express in words

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

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From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

a Caucasian

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

which person or people

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

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From this reading A poure widewe, somdel stoupen in age, Was whilom dwelling in a narwe cotage Beside a grove stonding in a dale.

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From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.

be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious

From this reading Three large sowes had she, and no mo, Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte Malle; Ful sooty was hire boure and eke hire halle, In which she ete many a slender mele; Of poinant sauce ne knew she never a dele: No deintee morsel passed thurgh hire throte; Hire diete was accordant to hire cote: Repletion ne made hire never sike; Attempre diete was all hire physike, And exercise, and hertes suffisance; The goute let hire nothing for to dance, Ne apoplexie shente not hire hed: No win ne dranke she nyther white ne red: Hire bord was served most with white and black, Milk and broun bred, in which she fond no lack, Seinde bacon, and somtime an eye or twey, For she was as it were a manner dey.

in the company of; together with

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading FOOTNOTES: [1] "If the King's Majesty say but Ho! or give any other signal, then they who are within the lists, with the constable and marshal, throwing their lances between the appellant and defendant, so part them."--_The Ancient Method of Duels before the King._ THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

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From this reading A yerd she had enclosed all about With stickes, and a drie diche without, In which she had a cok highte Chaunteclere, In all the land of crowing n'as his pere: His vois was merier than the mery orgon On masse daies that in the chirches gon: Wel sikerer was his crowing in his loge Than is a clok or any abbey orloge: By nature he knewe eche ascentioun Of the equinoctial in thilke toun, For whan degrees fiftene were ascended Than crew he that it might not ben amended.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading This widewe, which I tell you of my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last a wif In patience led a ful simple lif, For litel was hire catel and hire rente; By husbondry of swiche as God hire sente She found hireself and eke hire doughtren two.