The Canterbury Tales Prologue

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  1. tabard
    a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald
    WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1
    The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5
    Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth
    The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne
    Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6
    And smale fowles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the night with open ye, 10
    (So priketh hem nature in hir corages...
  2. fustian
    a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
    Of fustian 46 he wered a gipoun 47 75
    Al bismotered 48 with his habergeoun. 49
    For he was late y-come from his viage, 50
    And wente for to doon his pilgrimage.
  3. pilgrimage
    a journey to a sacred place
    WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1
    The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5
    Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth
    The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne
    Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6
    And smale fowles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the night with open ye, 10
    (So priketh hem nature in hir corages...
  4. array
    an impressive display or assortment
    WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1
    The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5
    Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth
    The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne
    Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6
    And smale fowles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the night with open ye, 10
    (So priketh hem nature in hir corages...
  5. yew
    evergreen tree or shrub having red cup-shaped berries
    WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1
    The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5
    Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth
    The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne
    Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6
    And smale fowles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the night with open ye, 10
    (So priketh hem nature in hir corages...
  6. meek
    humble in spirit or manner
    This ilke 40 worthy knight hadde been also
    Somtyme with the lord of Palatye, 41 65
    Ageyn another hethen in Turkye:
    And everemore he hadde a sovereyn prys. 42
    And though that he were worthy, he was wys,
    And of his port 43 as meek as is a mayde.
  7. devout
    deeply religious
    WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1
    The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5
    Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth
    The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne
    Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6
    And smale fowles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the night with open ye, 10
    (So priketh hem nature in hir corages...
  8. pilgrim
    someone who journeys in foreign lands
    WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1
    The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5
    Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth
    The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne
    Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6
    And smale fowles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the night with open ye, 10
    (So priketh hem nature in hir corages...
  9. degree
    a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series
    WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1
    The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5
    Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth
    The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne
    Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6
    And smale fowles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the night with open ye, 10
    (So priketh hem nature in hir corages...
  10. space
    the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
    WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1
    The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5
    Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth
    The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne
    Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6
    And smale fowles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the night with open ye, 10
    (So priketh hem nature in hir corages...
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