dame school - 1. a school taught by a woman in her home
sampler - 2. a piece of needlework on which a girl showed the stitches she knew
bee - 3. a social gathering for work
stocks - 4. a wooden frame with holes for a person's hands and feet
taboo - 5. any ban on a practice or on the use of something; prohibition
tallow - 6. a mixture of animal fats, refined for use in making candles