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• Artow — Ar tow A contraction of art thou. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tale of Sir Thopas, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1390)    When the Pilgrim CHAUCER is asked by the Host to tell a tale of his own, the poet’s persona launches into a rollicking, singsong burlesque of popular English TAIL RHYME ROMANCE, a recitation so apparently… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature