Gorean Dictionary & Terms
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~keep in mind, although quotes are not used on these pages,
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A (Al-Ka)
agal (noun): length of cord which is used to bind the kaffiyeh to the head of the wearer, usually several loops secure it.  The kaffiyeh is the head covering of the tribesmen of the Tahari, a folded, squarish cloth.
ah-il (noun): a unit of measure, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middlefinger, c. 18"; analoguous to the Earth cubit; 10 ah-il equal one ah-ral
Ahn (noun): the Gorean hour, of which there are 20 in a Gorean day; it consists of 40 ehn (minutes)
ah-ral (noun): a unit of measure equalling 10 ah-il, or approx. 180"
Alars (noun): a nomadic wandering herdspeople well known for their skill with the axe and the Alar sword, they travel in wagons in the northern plains, but tend to camp near settlements, unlike the southern wagon people.
Their Free women do not wear veils, rather simple, corded, belted, woolen, plain, widely sleeved,  ankle-length
dresses, tied snugly . There are few slaves in the Alar camps because they are killed by Free women. The Alars tend to be fair in complexion, blonde-haired and blue-eyed.
ale (noun): served in tankards or horns, it is one of the two favored drinks of the Torvaldslanders, the other being
mead.
al-ka (noun): first letter of the Gorean alphabet; corresponds to the Earth letter 'A'
All Comrades (noun): a  warrior society of the Kaiila tribe of Red Savages; aka the Fighting Hearts
alphabet, Gorean (noun): composed of 28 characters derived from the various alphabets of Earth, such as Greek, Roman, oriental or Cretan influences, among others.
amomona (noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg word meaning baby or doll.
amphora (noun): two handled narrow necked vessel with a pointed base it is commonly buried overnight in the earth with only it's neck left above the surface; to cool certain beverages
ankle rack (noun): device used to lock a girl's ankles in wooden stockage. Girls who have been repeated runaways may be held in place to have their tendons cut or feet amputated.
ankle leash (noun) provides a Master very effective control over a girl, within moments He can have her at His feet in a variety of positions
anklet, identificatory (noun): temporary metal anklet fastened about a captured Earth girl's ankle for transportation to Gor; used in place of a collar.
ant, marcher (noun): known in the jungles of Schendi as 'The Marchers' are these aggressive carnivorous ants.
Each is about 2 inches long, with a shiny black exoskeleton and two antennae. They may number in the millions when marching, their path's widening to as much as 500 feet when they overtake, swarm over, and devour all flesh, living or dead, in their path.  Their bite is extremely painful, but not poisonous.  Their victims die from multiple repeated bites, it is not a quick death.  Tarl Cabot and the small men, led a column of Marchers, by
baiting them with fresh meat, the ants eventually overran an encampment of the Mamba people, which Tarl
Cabot was intending to attack and he used the ants for that.
ants, white (noun) insects that anteaters thrive on, breaking apart the high towers sometimes extending 35 feet high with their might claws to get at these ants
anteater (noun): more than six varieties inhabit the rainforests of Schendi. The great spined anteater grows to 20 ft in length and feeds on white ants or termites breaking apart their towering nests of toughened clay with mighty claws then darting it's 4 foot saliva coated tongue, drawing thousands into it's narrow tubelike mouth.
applause (noun): as on Earth, a sign of approval; on Gor, however, it is performed by striking the right hand
against the left shoulder
apricot  (noun): apparently identical to the apricot of Earth; references exist of the fruit being sold in marketplaces of the Tahari.
ar (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; cap. the name of an important Gorean city-state
Ar : One of the oldest city on Gor, it has 10,000 years of recorded history.
Arani (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
archon of records  (noun): a magistrate who is a records officer for a stated district or city.
arctic gant eggs (noun): eggs of the migratory Arctic gant; when frozen, they are eaten like apples.
Aretai (noun): a major tribe of the Tahari; their vassal tribes are the Arani, Luraz, Raviri, Tajuks, Tashid, Ti, and
Zevar; their war-cry is 'Aretai Victorious!"
Aria (adjective): of Ar
armored gatch (noun): a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
arrow, flight  (noun): about forty inches in length, it is metal piled and fletched with three half-feathers from the wings of the Vosk gulls. This and the sheaf arrow is used with the gorean long bow.
arrow, hunting  (noun): an arrow with a long tapering point fastened firmly to the shaft to assist in easy removal
from prey
arrow, sheaf  (noun): slightly over a yard long, metal piled and fletched with three half-feathers made from the wings of the Vosk Gulls. This, and the flight arrow, is used with the gorean long bow.
arrow, Torvaldsland war  (noun): dark and more than a yard long, it's shaft is an inch thick. It is piled with iron and barbed.  It's feathers of the black-tipped coasting gull are five inches long, set in the shaft on three sides.  The
arrows are carried in a cylindrical quiver.
arrow, war  (noun):  the head of this arrow has an angled, wider base that is not as securely connected to the shaft; if the shaft is pulled to attempt removal, the head is more likely to break off and remain in the wound.  Used by the Red Savages.
Ar's Station  (noun): an outpost of the Ubarate of Ar and trading station on the south bank of the Vosk, founded four years after Pa-Kur's hordes gathered there, prior to their war against Ar.  Ar's station was Ar's stronghold on the Vosk.  When Cos landed at Brundisium, and moved it's forces toward Ar's Station,  Ar failed to act  because of political treachery.  Ar's Station eventually fell to Cos.  It stands at the northern terminus of the Viktel Aria which leads to Ar, also known as the Vosk Road.
arthropod  (noun): a creature found in the tunnels of the Nest of the Priest-Kings.  It is 8 feet long and a yard high
with a multi-segmented body and 8 legs.  It's eyes are on long stalks.
arctic gant (noun): migratory bird that nests on cliffs in the Hrimgar Mountains, the southern border of the polar
north.   When frozen, their eggs are eaten like apples.
askari (noun): an inland word which may be translated roughly as 'soldier' or 'guardsman' (Schendi)
Askari Hodari (noun): a salute to the honor of another warrior; in Ushindi it means  'Brave Warrior' or simply
'Warrior'
Assassins, Caste of (noun): the caste of those who kill for pay; exist mostly in Ar, but have been found in other
cities;  their caste color is black
assassin's helmet (noun): black helmet sometimes marked with the golden slash of the messenger.
attendant, paga  (noun): a male employee of a paga tavern who supervises the serving of paga by slave girls and
collects payment for the paga and the use of the slave girls
axe, great (Torvaldsland) (noun): described as a great, curved, single bladed axe of hardened iron with a blunt hammer-like head, it is carried in a  leather loop hung from a broad leather belt worn from the left shoulder to  the right hip.  It is fastened there by a hook, that the weight of the ax will not turn the belt, which fits into a ring in the master belt.
axe, Kurii (noun): great, double-bladed iron axe some seven or eight feet in height.  The blade, from tip to tip is two feet in width.  The handle is made of carved, green needle wood, round and four inches in diameter

B (Ba-Ta)
bag, skin (noun) like a bota, used to carry various drinks from water to paga, frequently made from verrskin
Bakahs (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars
bana (noun): jewelry, of precious metals and stones, worn by free persons
bar  (noun): struck in a certain pattern by an iron hammer. When heard, it signifies the divisions of the day in certain houses.  May also serve as an alarm.
bara (command; lit. 'belly'): at this command, a slavegirl will lie on her stomach, with her wrists crossed behind her back, ready for binding, and with her ankles crossed, ready for binding
barbarian (noun): a native of the planet Earth; usually used in a derogatory sense in reference to slave girls from that planet
bargemen  (noun): interrelated clans of fathers and sons, claiming Caste for themselves, who operate the barges that cross the Cartius River.  The barges are constructed of layered timbers of Ka-la-na wood and are towed by
teams of river tharlarion.  Their passengers are bound for Turia.
bark cloth  (noun): the inner bark of the pod tree dyed scarlet and plaited and pounded into a cloth akin to burlap but softer; it has a variety of uses including a rough wrap around the hips of a slave constituting her only clothing in
 some instances.
Barrens, the  (noun): a vast tracts of rolling grasslands, lying east of the Thentis Mountains.  They are not as barren as the name suggests, but perhaps the nomenclature is intended to discourage their penetration.  Not as arable as the rest of Gor because of the presence of the Thentis mountains and the absence of large bodies of water. They have extreme seasonal temperatures; bitterly cold winters and long, hot, dry summers.  Their climate can also include booming thunderstorms and tornadoes and blizzards in which snow can drift as high as the mast of a light galley.  The grasses, shorter at it's western edge, can reach a height of several feet as one moves
further east.  No white man has ever penetrated to the eastern edge of the Barrens.
bastinado  (noun): a punishment not otherwise described, however the earth translation is a beating, especially with a stick or cudgel.  The beating may be specifically to the soles of the feet.
bat, ball and (noun): A game, similar to Earth's 'keep-away' consisting of two 2-man teams.  It is played with a
wooden bat and wooden ball.  Not for the weak or wary
ba-ta (noun): second letter of the Gorean alphabet; corresponds to the Earth letter 'B'
Battles of Oxen  (noun): a gladiator type competition popular in Tharna; men are yoked with horns fitted to them;
they battle each other in an arena, one trying  to gore or maim the other.
Bazi plague (noun): a deadly, rapidly-spreading disease with no known cure; its symptoms include pustules which
appear all over the body, and a yellowing of the whites of the eyes
Bazi tea (noun): an herbal beverage served hot and heavily sugared; traditionally drunk 3 tiny cups at a time, in rapid succession
beads on a chain  (noun): a reference to free women chained in a coffle, it is an oblique reference to 'slaver's
necklace'.  Slaves on such a necklace are referred to as 'jewels', whereas a free women is merely a 'bead'.
beans (noun) a variety of beans are grown, some for blackwine, some as a vegetable like the earthen bean
Beast (noun): a Kuriian military formation consisting of two Hands (six Kur) and two Eyes (leader of a Hand), is
called a Beast or Kur. It's military leader is a Blood
beetles (noun) they may be found in the second level of the canopies of the rainforest
beheading  (noun): this ancient form of execution is seen as an option when the offender is of the same Home Stone; it consists of stripping, beating and beheading the offender and is considered a merciful death.
belly, position (noun): a form of obeisance position with a girl on her belly and her head to boot or floor, palms pressed flat to floor; variations can include kissing the Master's boot.
below-deck girl (noun): the term used for slave girls transported in the hold of a ship.  They are held in individual
cages and because of infestations of lice, all of their body hair is shaved.  The term 'below-deck girl' is used
derisively especially by those slave girls allowed to remain on deck in cages, who need not have shaved heads, though all slaves on a slaver ship are unclothed.
bina (noun, lit. 'slave beads'): slave jewelry, usually consisting of plain metals, colored string, wooden or cheap glass beads, sometimes used as a slave name
binding fiber (noun): stout twine made of strips of leather or of a fiber like hemp; a piece long enough to circle a slavegirl's waist 2-3 times is often used as a belt for her slave tunic
binding strap (noun): a strap 3/4" wide and 18" long commonly used for binding the wrists and/or ankles of prisoners and slaves
bint (noun): small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth
biscuits (noun): a dried pressed biscuits described as baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.
black wine (noun): coffee; traditionally served with red and yellow sugars and powdered bosk milk, and in tiny cups
blanket  (position): when a blanket or cloak or covering of any sort is thrown over a slave girl she may not speak or rise; she must remain silent until the blanket is lifted by a free person
blindfold, gorean  (noun): consists of two rounded pieces of soft felt, three to four inches in diameter, and the binding which is several turns of a dark thick, folded cloth, tied behind the head.  The rounded pieces fit over
the eyes, held in place by the scarf or tie. It is not normally used in transportation, the slave hood being preferred in those instances.
block melodies  (noun): certain melodies commonly used in slave markets in the display of merchandise.
They are intended to 'set the mood' in the mind of potential buyers.
Blood  (noun): in Kuriian military organizations; a leader of a military unit of varying sizes and strengths depending
on his rank;  the smallest Unit led by a Blood is 'Kur' or 'Beast' followed by 'Band' 'March' and 'People' each unit a large multiple of the former
blotanhunka  (noun): the term for a war party leader of the red savages; he tends to be more experienced and mature, and exerts more control over the larger group.
Blue Flame (noun): controlled by the Priest-Kings seemingly emerging from the heavens this flash of energy literally burns it's victims to wisps of ash in an instant enveloping him in a fierce blue combustive mass.
Blue Sky Song (noun): a refrain from the Wagon Peoples which says in part 'though I die yet there will be the bosk the grass and sky'.
Blue-Sky Riders (noun): a warrior society of the Fleer tribe of Red Savages
boards, chained on  (noun): a ancient modality of execution that involves the person being chained, by collar and
shackles, on parallel upright boards. Like the punishment of hanging from an iron collar, the victim may take two to three days to die; these structures are most common in harbor cities near the wharves.
body chain  (noun): closely meshed length of chain about 5 feet in length which can be used in a variety of ways to
bedeck or secure a slave.  Some are decorated with semi-precious stones and wooden beads.  Detachable lock
and snap clips allow the chain to be transformed from slave jewelry to slave restraint.
body hood (noun) there are several varieties, check the binding page for quotes and the various types
bola   (noun): a weapon developed by the Tribes it consists of 3 long straps of leather (5 feet) each terminating in a weighted leather sack.  Whirled to great speed above the head it is released high or low depending on it's intent rapidly injuring or entangling it's prey.  Also employed as a game where slave girls are ordered to run while the
Masters attempt to ensnare them with the bola; it's image is a Kassar brand.
bondage knot (noun): a knot, tied by a slavegirl in her hair on the right side of her face; it is a silent plea to her
Master that she be  raped
bond-maid (noun): the term for a slavegirl used in Torvaldsland
bond-maid circle  (noun):a female who enters the circle, drawn in the dirt for example, is declaring herself a
bond-maid by the laws of Torvaldsland.  She may enter voluntarily or be thrown into it bound and naked.
bond-maid gruel (noun): see slave porridge
bone, baleen whale (noun): whale bone from the Baleen Whale used to fashion instruments and weapons by the
Red Hunters.
bones(noun): a game played with pieces carved from bones that are shaped to resemble an animal; a bone is
dropped from a players hand and the bone which remains upright is the winner.
bosk (noun): large, shaggy, long-horned bovine similar to the Earth cow; used for many things on Gor. Can be served roasted and sliced, or as steaks. The milk of the bosk is very drinkable and can be used to make cheese and churned for butter.
bota (noun): a bag with a reclosable stopper or cork commonly made of verrskin leather; used to transport liquids
and is often utilized by serving slave girls especially in the camps
Bound by the Master's will (phrase): refers to a slave being commanded to hold  position, as though bound,
hands clasping opposite wrists until she is released.
bow, horn, of the Innuit (noun): bow formed with split pieces of tabuk horn, bound with sinew which is not
effective beyond thirty yards, used in the land of the Innuit to hunt tabuk on the tundra.
bow, horn, of the Wagon Peoples (noun): favored by the Wagon peoples, it hangs from their saddles.  It does
not have the range or force of the more powerful long bow or cross bow, but it is a fearsome weapon at close range.  The young men of the Wagon Peoples are not given a name until they have mastered the bow, the lance and the quiva.
bow, long (noun): the Gorean long bow is the height of a tall man.  It has a flat back and a round belly and may be made of supple Ka-la-na wood.  A proficient bow man should be able to loose 19 arrows in a Gorean ehn. It is not as popular among Goreans because of some impracticalities of use.  It cannot be used from the saddle, and the warrior must be standing or kneeling to aim, making him a target.  It is favored by the peasants who make them and is also known as the peasant bow.
bow, northern  (noun): a short bow, with short, heavy arrows, heavily headed, it is accurate with a short range of a hundred and fifty yards.  It somewhat resembles the Tuchuk bow of layered horn in it's accuracy and striking ability, which is about a hundred and fifty yards.  It is useful for close combat on a ship, and can easily be fired
through a thole port with the oar withdrawn.
bow, ship  (noun): short stout maneuverable bow, easy to use in crowded quarters easy to fire across the bulwarks of galleys locked in combat.
bow, small  (noun): used with great skill by the Red Savages from kaiila back.  No Gorean weapon can match it's
 rate of fire.  A skilled warrior can fire ten arrows into the air, the last leaving the bow before the first has returned to the earth.  It is highly maneuverable and easy to conceal.  It can easily be swept from one side of the kaiila to the other.
bracelets, hook (noun): leather cuffs with locks on them and snaps; they are soft and the snaps require no key.
Some men enjoy them on their slaves; by means of the straps the girl may be variously secured by the locked cuffs
bracelets, or chaining position (noun): basic pleasure slave position.  The slave girl on command thrusts her hands behind her back wrists together in preparation to be braceleted.
bracelets, slave (noun): any of a variety of handcuff type restraints; used to restrain the wrists of slaves and others; usually metal.
bracelets, snap (noun): locking bracelets that hold a slave's wrists secure to the branding rack
brak bush (noun): a shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when chewed; traditionally, branches of it are nailed to house door during the Waiting Hand to discourage the entry of bad luck into the house for the New Year
brand (noun): a mark burned into the flesh of animals and slaves to mark them as property; specific brands include the kef (common kajira brand), Dina, Palm, mark of Treve, mark of Port Kar, mark of the Tahari, mark of
Torvaldsland (a girl whose belly lies under the sword), Tuchuk brand of the 4 bosk horns
brand, bond-maid  (noun): described as a half circle about an inch and a quarter in width, adjoined at it's right tip by a steep, diagnonal line an inch and a quarter in height.  In the north, the bond-maid is reffered to as a woman whose belly lies beneath the sword.
brand, common kajira (noun) the sign of kef, a letter of the Gorean alphabet, analogous with the Earth letter 'K'
brand, dina (noun) a flower found on Gor, this shape is also at times used as a brand shape
brand, Forkbeard (noun) consists of a half circle, with, at its right tip, adjoining it, a steep, diagonal line. The half circle is about an inch and a quarter in height. The brand is, like many, symbolic. In the north, the bond-maid is sometimes referred to as a women whose belly lies beneath the sword.
brand, Kassar's (noun) One of the four tribes of  The wagon People, also known as The Blood People. Their brand is three circles joined at the center by lines, a symbolic representation of the bola. Kassar's use this brand to mark Their bosk and slaves
brand, Kataii (noun) One of the four tribes of  The wagon People. Their brand represents the yellow bow facing to the left.
brand, Kaura (noun) the standard of the Kataii is a yellow bow, bound across a black lance, their brand is also that of a bow, facing to the left
brand, kef (noun) this is the first letter of the Gorean alphabet as well as the most common slave brand shape, shaped like a cursive K.
brand, knive (noun) Like a tattoo, an appropriate design is cut into the thigh of a slave and a colored powder is rubbed into it. Used in the jungle of Schendi.
brand, Kurii (noun) the chain-and-claw brand signifies, of course, slavery and subjection with the compass of the Kur yoke.
brand, Mark of Port Kar (noun) a common brand used in the city of Prt Kat
brand, merchant  (noun): a tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns for any wishing to do business with the
Wagon Peoples that allows their passage over the plains; the stigma connected with this brand is that it suggests that any approaching the wagons do so as slaves .
brand, palm (noun) one of many brand types of Gor
brand, Paravaci (noun) One of the four tribes of the Wagon Peoples also know as the Rich People. Their brand is styled like that of a bosk head, a semi-circle resting on an inverted isosceles triangle.
brand, passage  (noun): a tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns found on the forearm of goreans, it's
presence guaranteeing their safe passage, at certain seasons, across the plains of the Wagon People.
brand, penalty (noun): small 1/4" brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor, etc.
brand, Priest King's (noun) consists of a locked collar and, ascending diagonally above it, extending to the right, three quarter moons, this brand indicates the girl is subject to Gorean discipline
brand, thief's (noun): tiny 1/4", 3-pronged brand worn on the cheek of those of the Caste of Thieves
brand, Treve (mark of Treve) (noun) the first letter, in cursive script, of the name of the city of Treve
brand, Tuchuk (noun) sign of the four bosk horns, resembling the letter H in the earth alphabet
branding rack (noun): a device to which a new slavegirl is chained for branding; her hands are chained above her
head, but the rest of her body is free to move, except for whichever thigh is to be branded, this being held motionless in a large vise
brazier (noun) a small device used to retain the warmth of vessels placed upon it, for example might be used to keep blackwine heated in a silver container nearby the Master
bread, black  (noun): mentioned without description
bread, Sa-Tarna  (noun): gorean bread made from Sa-Tarna grain, described as yellow, and since it is usually
described as being cut in wedges, probably baked in a round flat pan.
breeding cell  (noun): also called a breeding stall.  A slave who is designated to be bred is taken there.  Both kajira and kajirus are hooded and though they will never know the other's identity their coupling is public, observed by Masters and others.
breeding wine (noun): a sweet beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine, making a slavegirl fertile; also called second wine
bride price (noun): this fee is one paid by a Free Man to her family, for a Free Woman as he takes her as a Free
Companion.  If a man free's a slave, the slave's family is bound by honor to grant her to him without bride price.
Brundisium (noun): one of the largest and busiest ports of Gor and a commercial metropolis, it is 100 pasangs south of the Vosk Delta on the Thassa.  The Genesian Road links it with other coastal cities. Brundisium served as the staging point for the Cosian invasion of Ar.
bucket, grease (noun): a narrow, cylindrical, capped bucket full of tar and tallow that hangs under wagons, the
handle of a brush protruding through a hole in the cap.   This accessory is commonly used to grease moving parts on the wagons.
Builders, Caste of (noun): the caste which includes architects, draftsmen, stonemasons, etc.; the Builders are one of the five High Castes included in the government of Gor; their caste color is yellow
burnoose  (noun): the loose, billowing outer robes favored by the men of the Tahari in caravan, it is invariably white in color,  to reflect the rays of the sun.  It's billowing, flowing movement aids in cooling the body, as it circulates over damp skin.
butter (noun) churned from the milk of bosk or verr
buttons  (noun): a 'recent' innovation for slave attire, not used on the garments of Freepersons.  Most garments are fastened with hooks, pins or brooches.  Buttons are considered rather sensuous on Gor.
 

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Cacao Trees (noun) suspected the first trees were brought from earth that bear the cacao bean
cake (noun) there is a variety of cakes made on gor, some being fried maize cake, honey cake, pemmican cake and rence cake
Camerius (noun): the third month of the Gorean calendar (in Ar and some other cities)
camisk (noun): simple, poncho-like slave garment, about 18" wide
camisk, Turian (noun): a style of camisk worn by slaves in the city-state of Turia; it consists of a piece of cloth
shaped like an inverted 'T' with a beveled crossbar; it fastens behind the neck & falls before the wearer's body; the crossbar then passes between her legs & is then brought forward snugly at the hips; it is held in place by a single cord that binds it at the back of the neck, behind the back, & in front at the waist
canjellne (verb): challenge
capture knot (noun): a knot recognized for it's unique turnings as rope or binding fiber tied by a Warrior; usually in the capture of a slave girl but also used on any likely foe.
capture scent (noun): chloroform carpet plant (noun): a plant of the rainforest area inland of Schendi, having tendrils that are sometimes used as a source of drinking water
capture tie (noun) a single narrow cord used for binding a slave captured
carpet plant (noun) A plant of the rainforest area inland of Schendi, having tendrils that are sometimes used as a source of drinking water
carrot (noun) a edible root vegetable
Casmu Band (noun): a sub-group of the Yellow-Kaiila Riders
caste (noun) the basis to gorean political structure, there is 5 high castes, Initiates, Warriors, Physicians, Builders and Scribes, the rest are considered low castes there are many of them as well as subcastes within the castes.
Caste Sanctuary  (noun): similar to seeking Sanctuary in a church; in times of need, a caste member can ask for sanctuary under another caste member's roof.
catapult (noun): this ancient military device is used extensively in the naval battles to control the Vosk River fought
by the pirate armada of Ragnar Voskjard and Policrates against the alliance headed by Callimachus of Port Cos. Stones and clay bowls filled with burning pitch were hurled from ship to ship during their battles.
catapult, cordage of (noun): an example of how the female slave on Gor, 'earns her keep'.  Even her hair, described as soft, glossy, silky and resilient, stronger than vegetable fibers and more weather resistant, is used, shaved from her head, as raw material for catapult cordage.
cats-cradle game (noun):  a string game popular in the Gorean North
centipedes  (noun) they may be found in the second level of the canopies of the rainforest
chain luck (noun): the attempt to capture a slavegirl without having a particular target in mind
chains (noun) there are serveral varieties of chains used to bind slaves
chain, body (noun) closely meshed length of chain about 5 feet in length which can be used in a variety of ways to bedeck or secure a slave.  Some are decorated with semi-precious stones and wooden beads.  Detachable lock and snap clips allow the chain to be transformed from slave jewelry to slave restraint.
chain, common (also called march or trekking chain) (noun) used for marching and walking, ankles are confined in loose, steel ankle loops, but not able slip them. A common chain runs through the rings on the looks. the chain running through the loop-rings is long, could be moved as closely together or as widely apart as need be, or their masters, might wish. There is round, pierced metal balls at each end of the ankle chain, to prevent it slipping through the rings entirely.
chain, display (sometimes called selling chain)  (noun) slave girls who are sold in groups are put into a chain which may be fastened taut at either end; the girls are spaced on the chain so that they don't crowd together and be more easily displayed; unclothed always.
chains, four (noun) method of chaining a girl used frequently in taverns of Port Kar.
chain, girl-capture (noun) short chain used specifically to capture without serious damage; similar to the garrote in use but with chain in place of thin wire.
chain (Harl Ring) (noun) a form of slave chain which consists of an ankle ring with a welded ring in back and a yard of in front, the chains terminates in a locking device which can be attached to another Harl ring, around a post, or to itself in order the secure the slave who wears it,  named for its inventor
chains, sirik (noun) collars with sirik chains, wrist and ankle loops all attached
there is also a work sirik, it's the same idea just about a yard of chain added to aid in the girl being able to move and work better
chains, slave (noun) could be a reference to all chains a slave wears
chains, walking (noun) adjustable chains fastened on the ankles of a slavegirl to train her to walk with the length of stride preferred by her Master
chalwar (noun): baggy pants of diaphanous silk, worn by slavegirls of the Tahari; similar to the harem trousers of Earth
chamber slave (noun):  slave of the Priest Kings restricted to use within a particular chamber; these slaves cannot leave the chamber and are to serve the Freeperson living there fully.
Char (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars
chatka (noun): the strip of black leather, some 6 inches by 5 feet long, worn like a breech-clout over the curla by the slavegirls of the Wagon Peoples
cheese, bosk (noun): described as melted over suls.
chocolate (noun): chocolate on Gor is probably  from beans grown from cacao tree's brought from Earth.
chronometer (noun):  variety of rare and valuable devices used for various calibrations such as time keeping,
including candles, sun dials, sand glasses, clepsydras (water clocks), and oil clocks.
CINBIAK (acronym): a gentle warning often employed throughout the books.  It's letters stand for 'Curiosity Is Not Becoming In A Kajira'
Cities of Dust (noun): the Gorean land of the dead, or underworld
civitatis (noun): city or citizen
clad Kajir (phrase): among the Wagon Peoples, this phrase refers to slaves who wear four articles; the curla, chatka, kalmak and koora.
clock, Kaissa sand (noun): a device used for timing kaiisa moves, it has a spigot arrangement to enable the flow of sand.  When it is open for one player, it is off for the other.  Each player enables it, as his play is completed.
clock, oil  (noun): mentioned as an example of the chronometer technology available on Gor.
clock, sand (noun): large, cylindrical and re-set at midnight, the twentieth ahn, and perhaps at noon, as well.
clock, water (noun): mentioned, but not described. May also be called a clepsydra.
coasting gull (noun): found in Torvaldsland is this broad winged bird with black tips on its wings and tail feathers,
similar to the Vosk gull.  It's feathers are used on the war arrows of Torvladsland.
Code of the Warrior (noun): a creed characterized by a rudimentary chivalry emphasizing loyalty to the Pride Chiefs and the Home Stone; warrior's are expected to know and live by it's dictates.
coffle (noun): a method of chaining a line of slaves together for trekking; common methods are to link the slaves by the left ankle, left wrist, or throat; also, the line of slaves itself
Colored Grass (noun) several hues used in pleasure gardens of Turia
Coin Girl (noun): a slavegirl who, with a coinbox and triangular flat bell chained around her neck, is sent out in the
streets of a city to earn money from Masters in return for her sexual use
coin merchant (noun): terminology for all gorean bankers, ranging from the the fellow sitting on a rug in his booth
on the street to the financial institutions on the 'Street of Coins'.
collar (ko-lar) (noun): any of several iron or steel devices that fit around the neck of a slave; in Torvaldsland, they
are of iron, hinged, and fastened with a rivet
collar, alcove (noun) a collar within a alcove with a chain attached and hooked to the floor, the chain is adjustable
collar, capture (noun) a narrow chain controlled by two wooden handles they can wrap around a girl's neck and easily control her with
collar, coffle (noun): various types of steel collars with rings front and/or back to hook 3 to 4 ft lengths of chain
between them; some hinged in the back.
collar, cord (noun):  made of cord fashioned from the rence plant it is worn by rencer slaves and carries a small
disk to identify the owner.
collar, dance (noun): a collar to which light weight (but effective) chain has been attached in order to set off the
dancer; a common type consists of a large oval of chain roughly 3 yds. in circumference, to which wrist cuffs and ankle cuffs are attached; once the two sides of the oval have been attached to a ring on the collar, the chain gives about 36" of play for each hand, and 18" play for each foot; much used in the Tahari
collar, Kur (noun) a leather collar containing a large rounded ring, the lock is sewn into the leather, about 3 inches in height making a girl keep her chin up
collar, leather leash (noun):  a leather slave collar with attached which may be used when the slave is to be led,
usually for reasons of security.
collar, lock (noun): a hinged collar easily removed by the use of a key; usually of flat stock, c. 1-1/2" to 2" high;
usually worn by trained slaves; the lock has one pin for each of the letters in the word 'kajira'
collar, message (noun): worn by slaves who convey messages, it is a thick, high, leather collar, fashioned by Turians, literally sewn around her throat.  Sewn inside, within the leather itself is a message, written on a small piece of rolled rence paper. The slave girl often does not know that her collar carries a message and of course would never know it's contents.
collar, northern (noun): a utilitarian sounding collar made of black iron with an iron ring to be used if a chain is
attached.  It is rivited around the neck of the bond-maid.
collar, plank  (noun): a two-piece board hinged at one end and capable of being locked at the other. It has two or more semi-circular holes cut in each side so that it may fit around the necks of more than one slave girl or captive free woman at one time.
collar, plate (noun): collar of flat stock which is hammered about a slave's neck; usually worn by untrained slaves
collar, rope (noun) a rough course collar made of rope
collar, shipping (noun): a temporary collar showing that the slave girl is part of a cargo.
collar stocking (collar sleeve) (noun) in most cities they are not used but when used made of various materials, in the colder climates a velver collar stocking is sometimes used
collar, Tharna state (noun) plain gray metal collar wore by state slaves in Tharna
collar, transport (noun): a collar with a metal tag attached listing destination or other vital information, to be used
during transport of a slave.
collar, turian (noun): a slave collar of cylindrical stock, rather than the normal flat stock of northern lock collars;
fits more loosely that a lock collar, enabling it to turn around the wearer's neck
Collaring Feast (noun): a private feast for a young tarnsman and his family and friends; held to celebrate the capture of his first slavegirl; during it, the girl formally submits to him as his slave, then proceeds to serve him at the Feast and afterwards in his quarters
combing circle  (noun): a whimsical method of grooming.  A group of kneeling slaves form a circle, each combing
the hair of the one in front of her.
Companionship Price (noun): the gift, in money or goods, given by a man to the father of the woman he wishes to take in Free Companionship
con (conj.): from contasta (adv.; lit. 'from the founding of'): means of determining chronology; equivalent to the Earth term AD  (Anno Domini)
contasta (adv.; lit. 'from the founding of Ar'): means of determining chronology; equivalent to the Earth term AD (Anno Domini) (abbrev: C.A.)
Contests of Arms (noun): gladiatorial contests where men fought to the death were banned in Ar when Kazrak of Port Kar became administrator of that city.
control stick (noun) a chain at the end of the control stick, which is about two feet in length. The loop goes about the slaves neck and by means of a trigger, may be tightened or slightly loosened. The girl may be signaled by means of the chain.
Cos (noun): an island 400 pasangs west of Port Kar and hundred pasangs north of Tyros; notable for growing ta-grapes on it's terraced hills.  The perpetual enemy of Ar. It's capitol city is Telnus. Other cities are Selnar,  Temos and Jad.  As the western border of known Gor, the waters beyond it are referred to as 'the World's End' by those who have first knowledge. To those Goreans with second knowledge, who are taught that Gor is spheroid, the expression is merely a figure of speech.
cosian wine (noun) one of many wines found on Gor
cosian wingfish (noun): also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue salt-water fish with 4
poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.
Cosians (noun): derogatory name given to gangs of youth and  young ruffians in Ar,  affecting Cosian garments and haircuts.
couching law  (noun):  any  Free woman  who  voluntarily  'couches'  with  the  slave  of  another  may be  taken  as slave  herself  by  the  Master  of  the  slave  she  'couched'  with.
Council of Captains (noun): the governing body of the city of Port Kar,  their administrative status is below that of the various Ubars who control the city.  The Council is responsible for maintaining and managing the great arsenal, as well as the fleets of Port Kar.
coup  (noun): the complicated ranking of battle exploits by the Red Savage tribes.  The coup earned by an individual are reflected in the feathers and adornment to which he is entitled.  Interestingly, killing the enemy ranks far beneath the besting of an enemy.  A first warrior who strikes an armed enemy with an open hand is rewarded
 with the first coup; the 2nd and 3rd man to accomplish this would receive 2nd and 3rd coup.  Killing an enemy
 with a bow and arrow from ambush might be counted as only a fifth or seventh coup. The counting or tallying of coup within the tribe determines his entitlement to certain advantages.
courage scar (noun): A facial marking of the warrior of the Wagon Peoples. This scar is the first one applied and without it no other scars can be applied. Each scar is placed by members of the Clan of Scar Makers. The can be read by each tribe of the Wagon Peoples as easily as one reads a newspaper. Each scar represents a act of courage and honor in the wearer's life. The Courage Scar is the highest and most important.
crocodiles (noun) Similar to the river tharlarion
crossbow (noun): called the weapon of the Assassin, it is considered more accurate at short distances.  Described as having heavy cable and leaves of steel it can be loaded and kept loaded like a firearm.
curla (noun): the red waist cord worn slave- girls of the Wagon Peoples; supports the chatka
Cur-lon Fiber (noun): fiber spun by the Swamp Spiders (Spider People) and used in the textile mills of Ar
Curulean (noun): the most prestigious slave auction house in the city of Ar
cylinder (noun):  the primary architectural form of buildings in major Gorean cities; they are of varying heights and
colors, flat-topped and cylindrical, connected by narrow, colorful bridges that arch between them.
cylindrical fire-maker (noun): a small silverish tube used for igniting cooking fires.  When the cap is removed, and the implement inside is exposed to the air, it glows a fiery red.
cymbals (noun): There are various sorts similar to the ones found on Earth.
czehar (noun): musical instrument consisting of a flat, oblong box, having 8 strings which are played with a horn pick; similar to a Japaniese koto

D
da (conj.): here
dar (adj.): holy; priest
dance, placatory (noun): a dance intended to assuage the anger of a Master.  It is usually free-form, depending on the situation.  The 'Contrition Dance' of Turia is an example of a formal placatory dance.
dance, oar (noun): a feat of agility performed by the rovers of Torvaldsland, that of leaping from moving oar to moving oar of the Serpent ships of the Torvald.  Apparently a celebratory act.
dance, slave (noun): any of the sensuous and lascivious dances performed by slave girls to entertain their masters.  The dancing of a slave is a thousand times more sensuous than that of a free woman because of the incredible meanings involved the additional richness which this furnishes the explosive significance of this comprehension that she who dances is owned and theoretically could be owned by you.
dance, tile (noun): dance  performed on red tiles.   It commonly signifies the restlessness of a love-starved slave girl.
dance, whip (noun): a girl dances under the whips of Masters.
Dar-Kosis (noun; lit. 'holy disease'): an incurable, wasting disease akin to the Earth disease of leprosy
Dar-Kosis Pit (noun):  a place where those afflicted with Dar-Kosis may voluntarily incarcerate themselves while they die. These huge pits have rudimentary shelter and a well. Once within, the sufferer may never leave. Food and necessities are thrown down from tarnback to help the diseased
date (noun): a staple of the diet of the Tahari Tribesmen; they are sold in a tef (a handful with the 5 fingers closed; a tefa is 6 tefs (a small basket); Five such baskets constitute a huda. In large compressed bricks they are used in trade.
Date Palm Tree (noun) they are found in the oases around Tor and other Tahari cities and the dates that they yield are exported in caravans
deck cage (noun): small cages fastened to the deck of a ship to transport slaves not kept in hold.
deck stones (noun): white smooth soft stones used for sanding boards and decks on ships.
degradation stripe (noun): a 2"-wide band shaved into the hair of men captured by talunas, or panther girls; it runs from the forehead to the nape of the neck
delka (noun): fourth letter of the gorean alphabet it corresponds to the Earth letter D and is formed as the Earth 'delta'.
Delta Brigade (noun): a rebel group which quietly fought Cosians with 'resistance' tactics during their occupation of Ar.  Their trademark was a bloody 'delka' mark often slashed into the skin of their victims.  The existence of this unorganized group began from a comment made in a tavern by Tarl Cabot.  The rumor led others, independent of each other, to use similar tactics, which convinced the Cosians of a more concerted effort against them.
desert veminium (noun): small, purplish flower found in the Tahari; used in perfumes.
dice (noun): many forms of dice games exist on Gor, ranging from those played with a single die to five dice.  Various symbols are usually painted on their surfaces.  Some are sold in sealed boxes bearing their cities imprint.
dina (noun): a small, short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides; sometimes called the 'slave flower', it is often used as a design for slave brands; sometimes used as a slave name
disk golden tarn (noun): the gold tarn disk of Ar is considered to be the standard by which other cities, such as Ko-Ro-Ba and Port Kar. set the value of their own coinage.   It is worth, generally, 10 silver tarsks, but standardization is slight due to the shaving or splitting of the coin as well as faulty scales that contribute to the debasing of the coinage.
display chain (noun): slave girls who are sold in groups are put into a chain which may be fastened taut at either end; the girls are spaced on the chain so that they don't crowd together and be more easily displayed; unclothed always.
display slave (noun): a slavegirl whose primary purpose is for the display of her beauty to reflect the affluence of her Master; often chained in coffle with other display slaves behind the palanquin or other transport of her Master
display wagon (noun): flat-bedded and used to transport female slaves, this wagon has a metal framework that allows girls to be chained in alluring positions and viewed easily by those passing; sometimes one end of the wagon is used as an auction block and girls are sold directly off the wagon.
dock eel (noun): a black freshwater fish, 4' long & weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous; they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports
double flute (noun): a wind instrument.
Double Knowledge (noun): the two forms of knowledge provided on Gor; the simpler knowledge is taught to the
lower castes, the more esoteric knowledge is taught to the higher castes
double leashing (noun): a method of slave control.  Either two collars with leashes are affixed to her neck, or a collar with a leash on opposite sides is used.
drum, Red Hunter's (noun): large, heavy, handled and disklike. The frame, made of wood with a cover of Tabuk hide,  is struck on the  frame with a stick, giving the drum an odd resonance sound.
drums, tarn (noun): drums used in a march during war; the signals are used to control flying tarn armies.
dung sack (noun): used to contain bosk (or any) dung after it has been raked up or collected; also employed as a punishment when slave girls are forced to 'spend a night in the dung sack'.
Dust Legs (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; so called because they were the last tribe to
domesticate kaiila
Duty of the Twelve Joys (noun):  Muls (slaves to the Priest-Kings) wash completely 12 times a day.

E (Eta)
Earth girls (noun): slave girls abducted from Earth called barbarians.  They are considered among Goreans to be the lowest and hottest of slaves.
eating prong (noun) an eating utensil unique to Turia
eel (noun): a voracious animal which can maim or kill a slave in moments. Some varieties are edible and considered a gorean delicacy.  Varieties include: river eel, black eel, and spotted eel.
eel, dock  (noun): a black freshwater fish, 4' long & weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous; they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports
eel, march (bint) (noun) a fanged, carnivorous march eel
eel, river (noun) found within the many rivers in Gor
eel, spotted (noun) similar to the other eels of Gor with a spotted coloring
egg, Priest-King's (noun): the last egg of the Mother sought by Tarl Cabot as an agent of the Priest-Kings so that they might replenish their race and keep it from extinction.  It was found in plain sight, a gray, squarish, grained, leathery object in the wagon of the Tuchuk Ubar San, Kamchak.
Ehn (noun): the Gorean minute, of which there are 40 in an ahn (hour); it consists of 80 ihn (seconds)
eleven kisses (noun): a component of training for a pleasure slave.
en (adj.): first
enemy (noun): stranger
energy bulb (noun): light bulb
En'Kara (noun; lit. 'first turning'): the first month of the Gorean calendar, that of the vernal equinox, which is the
        Gorean new year; roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of March
En'Var (noun; lit. 'first resting'): the fourth month of the Gorean calendar, that of the summer solstice, roughly
        equivalent with the Earth calendar month of June
Equinox, autumnal (noun): (lit. The Second Turning of the Central Fire ); the month of Autumnal Equinox is Se`Kara or The Second Kara; also called Se`Kara Lar-Torvis
Equinox, vernal (noun): (lit. The First Turning of the Central Fire); the month of Vernal Equinox is En'Kara or the First Kara; also called En`Kara Lar-Torvis.
Erhard Ringer (noun): the artist whose rendering of the Map of Gor appears in this dictionary.  It first appeared in a German Edition of Renegades of Gor, Book 23
errand capsule (noun): unescorted slave girls may be questioned about their destination or it's purpose by any Free Person.  A piece of scroll rolled and inserted into an errand capsule which she carries or is hooked to her collar contains information about her errand.
eta (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet;  apparently adapted from the Greek alphabet; sometimes used as a name for slavegirls
exile, ritual of (noun): a man being exiled for whatever reason is publicly refused bread and salt, and is then ordered to leave the city by sundown under penalty of death. The exiled one may not come within ten pasangs of the city from that day forward.
exotic (noun): a slave male or female bred for special purposes producing quaint or unusual purposes; an example is the passion slave.
Eye (rank): in the Kuriian military organization the leader of a Hand consisting of six beasts is called an 'Eye'.

F
face-strip (verb): to remove the veil(s) worn by a free woman; to do so usually means that she is to be enslaved
Fair of En'Kara (holiday); one of four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar range in the first month of the Gorean year.
Falarian wine (noun): an exquisite, rare, fabulously expensive wine, it's cost would purchase a city.  It's existence is only rumored among collectors.
falarina (adv): a female who is no longer a virgin or 'glana' preceded by the state of 'profalarina' indicating a female who is about to be 'falarina' and before that by 'meta glana' one who looks forward to her deflowering.
fan palm (noun): found in the jungles of Schendi more than 20 feet high which spreads it's leaves in the form of an opened fan; an excellent source of water; as much as a liter at the base of each leaf's cupped stem.
Feast of Tola (noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Nuptial Flight of the Mother.
Feast of Tolam (noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Deposition of the First Egg.
Feast of Tolama (noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Hatching of the First Egg.
fermnented milk curds (noun) an alcoholic beverage drank by Tuchuk's
field slave (noun): one who works outdoors, usually gardening, fetching wood or water, etc.  She is commonly dressed in plain, sturdy slave tunics.  Her hair is shorn.
Fighting Hearts (noun): see All Comrades
finch, whistling (noun): flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest it is insectivorous.
fire-maker (noun): a small device consisting of a small reservoir of tharlarion oil, a wick, a thumb-activated, ratcheted steel wheel, and a splinter of flint; not unlike an old-fashioned cigarette lighter
fire-maker, cylindrical (noun): a small silverish tube used for igniting cooking fires.  When the cap is removed, and the implement inside is exposed to the air, it glows a fiery red.
first girl (noun): slave appointed by the Master to oversee other usually younger or less experienced girls; she rules when FreePersons are not present as the Master, but she is subject to his total authority.
First Knowledge (noun): the education available to  the lower castes, such as the Peasants; it is practical, if
occasionally deliberately erroneous (i.e. it purports that Gor is a flat disk)
First Spear (noun): the designated leader of a unit of spearmen.
First Sword (noun): the leader of the Guards in a given city such as Ar.
fisherman (noun): name given to an arena combatant who fights with net and trident.
flahdah (noun): a tree of the Tahari having lanceolate leaves; the trunk leans, like that of a palm tree
Flame Death (noun): a form of capital punishment imposed by the Priest-Kings and triggered from the Sardar; in it, the victim seems to spontaneously erupt in blue flames
flame opals (noun):  reddish and blue in color. Because they are much more rare on Gor they are of more value than  those of Earth.
flaminium (noun): a largish scarlet flower having 5 petals
flask (noun) a portable container for various drinks such as wine
fleer (noun): large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night
fleer, long-billed (noun): a bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the rainforest.
fleer, prairie (noun): yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill; sometimes called the 'maize bird' or 'corn bird'
from the belief that it is usually the first bird to find food
Fleer Tribe (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens
flight arrow (noun): about forty inches in length, it is metal piled and fletched with three half-feathers from the wings of the Vosk gulls. This and the sheaf arrow is used with the gorean long bow.
flower tree (noun): found in Turia, it has lovely dangling loops of interwoven blossoms which hang from curved branches. In pleasure gardens, the trees are cultivated so that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle delicate patterns of shades and hues.
flute girl (noun): a slave trained in the art of music, specifically the playing of the double flute.  They perform at various functions and are available for sexual use by those free men of their audience.
flute, double (noun): a wind instrument.
foot (noun); a unit of measurement equal to 10 horts, or 12 1/2 Earth inches
fora (noun): chain; pl. fori - chains
forest girl (Panther girl) (noun): runaway women who live in the forest without free men, taking as slave any man who enters their domain and eventually selling him.  Those of the northern forests dress in the teeth and skins of forest panthers which they slay with their spears and bows
forest hurlit (noun) they migrate in late spring at the same time as the gim
Fort Haskins (noun): Boswell pass, bordered by the southern edge of the Thentis Mountains and the northern range of the Voltai, opens into The Barrens, the world of the Red Savage.  Fort Haskins is situated at the foot of the pass.  Once a trading post maintained by the Haskins Company and later a military outpost flying the flag of Thentis, it's military and strategic influence declined with the development of the Thentesian Tarn cavalries and the growth of the population.  It is once again a trading center, maintained by the Caste of Merchants of Thentis.
fountain, higher bowl (noun): the portion of the public fountains from which free persons drink.  There is a lower level is available for the use of animals and slaves.
fountain, lower bowl (noun): a portion of public fountains allotted for the watering of animals and slaves.  Slaves caught drinking from the upper bowl face punishment by the magistrates of the city.
four chains (noun): method of chaining a girl used frequently in taverns of Port Kar.
four-strap (noun): one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn, namely descent in preparation to land; it is also a command to land for Tarns trained in verbal cues.  Four-Strap!
Frame of Humiliation (noun): wooden frame to which the condemned person is tied before it is set adrift in the Vosk River, so that he may die of exposure and/or dehydration, if he is not eaten by tharlarion or other carnivorous reptiles
francisca (noun): in the dialect of the Alars a  heavy, single bladed  war axe.
Free Companion (noun): spouse; consort
Free Companionship (noun): the Gorean equivalent of marriage; must be renewed annually
freedom veil (noun): the second in the layer of veils worn by Free women also called the 'veil of the citizeness'.
Free Islands (noun): also known as exchange islands, they are administered as Free Ports by the Merchants. Included are Teletus, Tabor, and Scagnar.  Others were Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche.  In the south are Anango and Ianda, and in the far north, Hunger and Skjern, west of Torvaldsland.  These islands, and free ports on the coast such as Lydius and Helmutsport, Schendi and Bazi make possible the commerce between Cos and Tyros and cities of the mainland.
Free Ports (noun): the 4 free ports maintained on the Thassa north and south of the gorean equator are Lydius, Helmutsport, Schend,i and Bazi.
frevet (noun): small quick mammal, an insectivore that is kept in some homes for insect control.
frobicain (noun): a sedative injection used during Voyages of Acquisition to render a captured barbarian unconscious.
fruit tindel (noun): a bird which inhabits the rainforests of the Schendi area
Fulvians (noun): foothills of the Voltai Mountains, northeast of Ar.  The villa district of Ar is found here.

G
gag, common (noun): heavy, rolled-leather wadding thrust back behind the teeth, over the tongue of a slave, secured in place by a broad, mouth-covering strap, with three smaller straps attached to it.
game of favors (noun): a game played by Free Woman at the Carnival where each woman is given ten scarves and must run about asking for the men to accept her favor; the goal to be the first to get rid of the scarves and run back.
gant, arctic (noun): migratory bird that nests on cliffs in the Hrimgar Mountains, the southern border of the polar north.   When frozen, their eggs are eaten like apples.
gant, jungle (noun): a bird, related to the marsh gant, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
gant, marsh (noun): a long-legged marsh bird with a piping cry; similar to a curlew
garbage death (noun): the death for a slave where a slave is bound naked, and thrown to canal urts, as in Port Kar.
garden, walled (noun): term used for the place highborn Free women are raised in until a suitable suitor is found.
garlic (noun) a spice like the earthern spice
giani (noun): a large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi bsp;
gieron (noun): a drug, an allergen, which causes a yellowing of the whites of the eyes; in combination with sajel, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague
gim, horned (noun): a small owl-like bird, c. 4 ozs. in weight, which inhabits the forests of northern Gor
gim, lang (noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
gim, yellow (noun): a bird, related to the horned gim, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
gint (noun): a tiny (6") freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous
eyes & flipper-like fins; is amphibious, having both lungs & gills; is capable of walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the company of tharlarion, feeding off the scraps of their kills
gint, giant (noun): a large cousin of the gint found in western Gor, similar in appearance, but with a 4-spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins
girl catch (noun): a contest to settle disputes where young women free and slave are captured by the opposing village within a boundaried area.
girl-capture chain (noun): short chain used specifically to capture without serious damage; similar to the garrote in use but with chain in place of thin wire.
girl-yoke (noun): a narrow piece of wood c. 5' long with holes drilled in the middle and at each end; to secure a girl in this yoke, a thong is tied around one wrist, the end of the thong then being passed through the hole in one end of the yoke; the thong is then passed through the middle hole of the yoke, wrapped around the girl's neck 5 times, then passed back out through  the same hole, after which it is passed through the hole at the other end of the yoke, so that her other wrist may be tied to the yoke; shorter (2 1/2' long) versions are sometimes used while the girl is serving her Master's pleasure; used mostly among the Red Savages of the Barrens
girth cloth (noun): feed sacks, made of rough cloth are cut into strips, hemmed and sewn together to create a cloth ten feet long and one yard wide,  This cloth is used to wrap newly hatched tharlarions as they emerge from the hot sand.
gitch (noun): biting insect; description is vague, although it is used near mention of roaches.
gladius (noun): a short double-edged Gorean sword
glana (adv): a female who is no longer a virgin or 'glana' preceded by the state of 'profalarina' indicating a female who is about to be 'falarina' and before that by 'meta glana' one who looks forward to her deflowering.
Glass of the Builders (noun): telescope
glave (noun): lighter, bladed, poles used by polemen on barges to cut through rushes and sedge in the marshes.
Goblet (noun) goblets vary immensely, from jewel studded ones to plain metal goblets
Golden Beetle (noun): an insect, roughly the size of a rhinoceros, which lives in the caverns below the Nest of the
Priest-Kings in the Sardar Mountains; its prey is the Priest-Kings themselves
golden eating prong (noun): an eating utensil used in Turia, it has a single tine.
golden hith (noun): a rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle it's body with his arms.
golden slash (noun): a golden sash or scarf tied around the forehead of an assassin, this is the symbol that he is a messenger only, and not to be detained in any way.
golden sphere (noun): sought by Saphar for it's value and thought to be a golden Priest King egg, it was later found to be a worthless tharlarion egg painted gold by Tuchuks.
gold tarn disk (noun): the gold tarn disk of Ar is considered to be the standard by which other cities, such as Ko-Ro-Ba and Port Kar. set the value of their own coinage.  It is worth, generally, 10 silver tarsks, but standardization is slight due to the shaving or splitting of the coin as well as faulty scales that contribute to the debasing of the coinage.
gor, planet of (noun): as Tarl was taught by his father, 'Gor is the name of  this world'.  In all the languages of the planet, it means 'Home Stone'.  The planet is also called the Counter-Earth from the writings of the Pythagoreans who first speculated on it's existence.  According to the Initiates, Gor was originally a satellite of a distant sun in the Blue Galaxies.  It was moved several times from star to star by the Priest-Kings, by one theory, but, according to the 'Theory of the Sun Shield', it has remained in the same place, undiscovered because it is placed as a counterpoise to the Earth.  It has the same plane or orbit and maintains that position, with occasional adjustments by the Priest-Kings, to always keep 'The Central Fire' between it and it's planetary sister, Earth.
gorean (love) bow (command):  a girl is arched backward and bound over an object for usage exposing her fully to the Master.
gort, hook-billed  (noun): a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts
gourd flagon (noun) a gorean drinking vessels sometimes used for rence beer
grasshopper, red (noun): beyond color, this insect is described as weighing around 4 ounces.
greetings (interjection): common expression used by goreans in salutation and recognition.
grub borer (noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
grunt (noun): a large, carnivorous, salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature; similar to the shark of Earth
grunt, blue (noun): a small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood
grunt, great speckled (noun): a fish inhabiting the Thassa and caught as food for sailors.
grunt, white-bellied (noun): a large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish.  It's eggs are considered a rare delicacy.
gull, broad winged (noun) a sea bird
gull, coasting (noun): found in Torvaldsland is this broad winged bird with black tips on its wings and tail feathers, similar to the Vosk gull.  It's feathers are used on the war arrows of Torvladsland.
gull, Schendi (noun): inhabiting the area around Schendi on the Thassa, they nest on land at night.
gull, vosk (noun): a gull of the Vosk Delta and Vosk River, it apparently has a loud or insistent cry, which is imitated by the rence people as a means of surreptitious communication at night. It's feathers are used on sheaf arrows.  It winters on the prairies of the Wagon Peoples and flies north in the spring, when the ice breaks up.
gunni (noun): training devices used by arena fighters which consist of lead weights with handles, each weighing about the same as a sledge hammer.  They are held during training for muscle strengthening.
gur (noun): a thin, white honey-like liquid secreted in the Nest by a large, grey domesticated arthropod which feeds on Sim plants; when fermented in the social stomachs of somnolent Priest-Kings, it is ritually fed to the Mother of the Nest on the Feast of Tola
gur carriers (noun): mutated Muls who can climb walls and who gather the fermented Gur for the Feast of Tola

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haik (noun): a loose, dark, head to toe garb of the Tahari.  There is a small lace or mesh covered aperture for the wearer to look through, yet still be concealed.
Hail (interjection):  greeting for Freepersons that is usually reserved for recognized experts or champions in a particular field, from sword fighting to game playing.
hair leash (noun): hair confined into a ponytail with a ribbon or wooden fillet, so called because it can be used as a method of seizure and control by the Master.
hair position (command): in this position a girl stands, crouching slightly behind the Master and deeply bows her head.  From this position, she may be led, for example, or moved to another position or simply, controlled.
hammer, blubber (noun): used by the Red Hunters to pound whale blubber to loosen it's oil, it is wooden handled and has a stone head.  The oil is used in oil lamps, for example.
hand, as chronology (noun): the Gorean week consisting of five (5) days; as in Waiting Hand.
hand, as height (noun): a measurement of height, primarily of kaiila. Both the Wagon People's kaiila and the sand kaiila of the Tahari stand about twenty to twenty-two hands at the shoulder.
Hand, Kur (noun): name of a military unit in Kurii which consists of six Blood
handle tie (noun): a girl's ankles are ties together with 12 inches between them and her wrists are bound before her with a lengthy tether; this tether is then drawn between her legs and tied about her neck forming a 'handle' that a Free Person can use to lead her.
hand signs, Red Savage (noun):  A mode of communication common to all the tribes of the Barren, sign is simple, easy to learn and adequate for relaying information.
harbor side (noun): sailors of Cos refer to the left side of the ship by the port of destination and the right side of the ship by the port of registration.  When the ports of destination and registration are the same, then the left side of the ship is called the 'harbor side', while the right side continues to be designated as before, by the port of registration.  The expressions 'port' and 'starboard' do not exist in Gorean language.
harl ring (noun): a form of slave chain which consists of an ankle ring with a welded ring in back and a yard of in
front; the chains termi- nates in a locking device which can be attached to another Harl ring, around a post, or
to itself in order the secure the slave who wears it; named for its inventor
harpoon, light (noun): used by Red Hunters to hunt and kill sea sleen, often from a kayak, it is used with a throwing board.  The foreshaft, head, and point, made of bone, rests in the notch of the throwing board.  The harpoon head is attached to a light rawhide line of twisted tabuk sinew which lies coiled in a tray.
harriga (noun): a bosk wagon used by the Wagon Peoples.
har-ta! (command): faster!
haruspex (noun): a Tuchuk shaman who reads portents and tells the future.  He furnishes various amulets and potions, primarily to women who seek magical intercession.  Tuchuk women are not allowed to pray to the Sky as the men do.  One object of the haruspex is a colored string, which is imbued with magical powers by the sequence of knots tied into it by the haruspex. It is the haruspex, during the Omen Year, who decides if the signs are favorable to choose an Ubar San of the Wagon Peoples.  Various methods are used, 'for a piece of meat he would read the wind and the grass; for cup of wine the stars and the flight of birds; for a fat-bellied dinner the liver of a sleen or slave'.
heel position (command): the slave follows the Master at his heel, 'where she belongs'.  Slightly behind and to his left or right, depending on which side is his weapon hand.  The distance behind varies.  A coffle of girls being led through a city, may follow inches behind, while in an open field, she may be 5 to 10 feet following.
helmet, assassin's (noun): black helmet sometimes marked with the golden slash of the messenger.
helmet, captain's (noun): a helmet made identifiable by the crest of sleen fur at the top.
helmet, common (noun): a plain helmet similar to the Greek helmets with a Y-shaped opening for eyes nose and mouth and cushioned with rolls of leather.
helmet, northern (noun): conical shaped with a nose guard that can slip up and down; about the neck it usually has chain mail dangling from rings.
helmet, Wagon Peoples (noun): conical iron helmet fur-rimmed a net of colorful chains dangling before the face to protect leaving only an opening for the eyes.
herlit (noun): Gorean eagle, having a wingspan of 6-8 feet; is carnivorous, and has yellow feathers tipped with black; also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes', from its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it; inhabits the Barrens
herlit-bone whistle (noun): a whistle made from the bone of the herlit used by the Kaiila tribe in the performance of the great dance.
hermit, yellow-breasted (noun): a bird of the Northern Forest, it beats with a sharp beak against trees, such as the Tur tree,  to hunt for larvae.
Hersius (noun): the planet Jupiter; named for a legendary hero of Ar
high caste (noun) there are 5 high castes in gor, Initiates, Warriors, Scribes, Builders and Physicians
high-harness position (noun): a display position in which a kneeling slave is braceleted and leashed and commanded to hold her head very high exposing her neck.
hinti (noun, plural): small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they are not parasites
hith (noun): huge python-like snake
hith, golden (noun): a rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle it's body with his arms.
Ho (prefix): in gorean is a common prefix indicating lineage
Hogarthe tree (noun): a tree of the Barrens named for one of the early explorers of the area.  They tend to grow on the banks of small streams or muddy, sluggish rivers.  Because they are so similar to poplar trees of Earth, Tarl imagines their seeds may have been transported to Gor.
homan (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from the Cretan alphabet
Home Stone (noun): 1) a stone, often circular and flat, that is sacred to each dwelling, and is to be defended
ferociously by even the meanest peasant;
2) a similar stone that represents the soul of a city; to be without a Home Stone is to lack citizenship
honey (noun) sweet and thick like earth honey it's made from honey bees
hook-billed gort (noun): a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts
hopa (adj): red savage term meaning pretty or attractive.
horn, drinking (noun) a large drinking horn found in the north
horn, signal (noun): curved, bronze signal horns used by the men of Torvaldsland for communication, primarily between ships. There are about 40  codes of sound signals, such as, 'Attack,' 'Heave to,' 'Regroup,' and 'Communication desired'
horn spoon (noun) an eating utensil.
hort (noun): a measure of distance equal to 1- 1/4 inches
hortator (noun): also known as a keleustes; on an oared ship, the man responsible for beating time for rowers on a copper drum or wooden block.
hou (phrase): a form of greeting for Red Savages.
house marshal (noun): a position within a free woman's home responsible for security and/or travel.
house slave (noun): one whose primary duties are inside the residence.  Duties range from personal serving girls to kettle and mat girls.
house veil (noun): the next-to-last veil worn by free women, esp. when in the company of men not of her own
family; worn over the pride veil, and under the street veil upon leaving the
house huda (noun): a unit of measure equalling 5 tefa
huda (noun): a measurement equaling 5 tefa; a tefa equals six tef and a tef equals a handful with five fingers closed.
hunter's catch (noun): slave garb made of netting.
hurt (noun): a domesticated marsupial raised on large fenced ranches in several of Gor's northern cities.  It is a two legged animal and has wool which is sheared four times a year by slaves.  It is herded by domesticated sleen.
hydria  (noun): described as a high handled water vessel, something similar is used by slave girls to dip paga from simmering kettles.

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I ask your favor (phrase): Gorean phrase equivalent to 'Please'
ice (noun) ice is cute from ponds in the winter and stored in ice houses under sawdust
ice house (noun):  a place Goreans can go to purchase ice during the summer, although most Goreans cannot afford this luxury; the ice cut from ponds in the winter and is stored under saw dust until use.
ice wagon (noun): a wagon specifically built to transport ice from ice houses to the residents of those Goreans wealthy enough to afford ice for the summer
identificatory anklet (noun): temporary metal anklet fastened about a captured Earth girl's ankle for transportation to Gor; used in place of a collar.
identificatory slave bracelet (noun)used in lieu of a collar, described as silver, it is attached to the wrist of a slave.  Information about the owner is inscribed.
iglu (noun): Innuit word, meaning dwelling or house, the Red Hunters cut blocks of ice with snow knifes to construct them.
Ihn (noun): the Gorean second, of which there are 80 in an ehn (minute) ina (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet
Immunity of the herald (custom): a tradition that an individual bearing a message between warring parties is immune from enslavement.
Impalement (verb): the impalement of a person on the pole lance or spear with the dying body raised for all to view.
ina (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet.
Inititates, Caste of (noun): the representatives of the Priest-Kings in Gorean society; the Initiates are one of the five High Castes, and are the religious branch of the government; their caste color is white
initiatory whipping (noun): the beating, usually of about 10 strokes, which a slavegirl receives upon being brought into a new household, to remind her that she is a slave and under discipline
inland language (noun): dialects used in the Ushindi region.
insects (noun) many varieties found, some are even edible and very nutrious
intimacy veil (noun): a long, linear, diaphanous face veil worn by Free woman.  It's opacity is determined by how many times it is wrapped about the face.
insula (noun): a crowded, cramped tenement type dwelling, which rents living space to it's inhabitants.  They are not noted for their ventilation, luxury, or roominess.
iron belt (noun): commonly consisting of a horizontal metal bar or strap that snugly encircles a girl's waist with a vertical component attached to the front of this horizontal bar with a hinge. The vertical component is then swung up between a slave's legs and all are fastened at the small of the back with a padlock.  Locked around a girl, it ensures that she will not be sexually used by any, save the one with the key.
iron collars, hung in (noun): an ancient modality of execution that involves the offenders being chained and suspended by iron collars on posts, taking two to three days to die.
Iron Master (noun): one who is skilled at piercing ears and noses,  branding, and affixing collars to slaves.
iron pens (noun): the subterranean retention facilities in a Slaver's house where slaves are kept for training and prior to sale
Isanna (noun): the Little Knife Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
Isbu Band (noun): a sub-group of the All Comrades
Itancanka (noun): Kaiila and Dust Leg word meaning Master, see also Wicayuhe.
ivory-billed woodpecker (noun): bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schend
I wish you well (phrase): Gorean phrase of farewell

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jard (noun): a small, yellow-winged scavenger bird of the rainforest inland of Schendi
jarl (noun): the title for a leader of warriors in Torvaldsland; also, the title by which all free men of Torvaldsland are addressed by slaves
justice wagon (noun): a form of execution which involved tar and tallow, the contents from a wagon's grease bucket, and fire; a detailed description is not given, but it is noted as evidence of the Gorean's distaste of criminals.

K (Kef)
kaffiyeh (noun): a head covering of the tribesmen of the Tahari, it is a squarish cloth, folded into a trangle, and placed over the head, two points at the side of the shoulders, one in back to protect the back of the neck.  It is bound to he head by several loops of cord, the agal.
kaiila (noun): large (20-22 hands), carnivor- ous mammal, with a long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is
vivaparous, has incredible stamina, and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper; in the
Tahari, its long hair is used to braid rope; its milk is potable by humans
kaiila, desert (noun): also known as sand kaiila; this omnivorous animal is related to the southern kaiila and similar in most aspects barring pelt color and rearing of young; pelt color is tawny or black and young are suckled for a length of time.  The men of the Tahari Desert use this mount.
kailla lance  (noun): used for hunting kailiauk and mounted warfare, there are two types.  The hunting lance are longer, heavier, and thicker than the war lance, and are undecorated except for the feathers of the prairie fleer.  The point of the hunting lance is longer and narrower. The shafts are made from black, supple, and strong, made from tem wood.  head is made of metal, bone or stone, affixed to the shaft with sinew, rawhide or metal trade rivets.  Any decoration or mountings, such as wrist loops are bound onto the weapon with rawhide and sinew.
kaiila milk (noun): used by the peoples of the Tahari as verr milk is used elsewhere, it is reddish with a salty strong taste due to the content of ferrous sulfate.
kaiila reins  (noun): a light rein, plaited with 10 to 12 strips of dyed leather.  Each strip is cut with knives to be thinner than a thread, but the combination is very strong and durable.  Used by the Tribesmen of the Tahari.
Kaiila River (noun): a river in the Barrens, it has two branches known as the North Kaiila River and the South Kaiila River.  The Snake River is a tributary of the North Kaiila River.  These rivers mark important boundaries in the territories of the Isanna, Napoktan, Wismahi, Isbu and Casmu bands of the Kaiila tribe.  It is conjectured that the Kaiila Tribe, finding large herds of kaiila,  took the name for themselves, and later the River of the Kaiila Tribe became, simply, the Kaiila River
Kaiila Tribe (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is related to that of the Dust Legs
kaiila, southern (noun): large (20-22 hands) carnivorous mammal with long neck and  silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is viviparous has incredible stamina (capable of covering 600 in a day) and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper.  It has a rich gold to black.  The kaiila is a mammal, but there is no suckling of the  young, who begin hunt within hours of birth. These are the mounts of the Wagon Peoples.
kail (direction): directional division of a gorean map.
kailiauk (noun): gigantic, dangerous beast that stands 20-25 hands at the shoulder and weighing as much as 4,000 lbs, they migrate across the Barrens in massive herds, hunted by Red Savages and those who trade in their hides.  They have a trident horn.
Kailiauk, city of  (noun): town on the Frontier of The Barrens, NE of Fort Haskins. It is a major trade center for the purchase, processing and selling of kailiauk hides taken from the massive herds which traverse The Barrens.  It is also a slave trade center, dealing primarily in barbarian girls which are sold at various points along the perimeter.
kailiauk, forest (noun): four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants, described as short-trunked and tawny.  The males have 3 trident-like horns, with brown and reddish bars on the haunches.  The males are 400 to 500 Gorean stone (1600-2000lbs) and are 10 hands at the shoulder.  The females are 8 hands and weigh 300 - 400 Gorean stone (1200-1600 lbs). Their horns and tooled hides are major exports of the port of Schendi.
kailiauk, prairie (noun): short-trunked, stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains.  Their color is tawny with haunches marked in red and brown bars.  Their wide heads bear a trident horn.  They instinctively circle when resting, their she's and young protected within.
Kailiauk Tribe (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is a dialect of Kaiila
Kaissa (noun; lit. 'the game'): a boardgame much favored on Gor; the board is marked with 100 squares, colored
alternately red and yellow; there are 20 pieces per side, which represent Ubar and Ubara, Initiates, Riders of the High Tharlarion, Tarnsmen, Scribes, Builders, Spearmen or Spear Slaves, and the Home Stone; it is played much like chess, the object being to capture one's opponent's Home Stone; inTorvaldsland, the Ubar, Ubara, tarnsman, Initiate, and Scribes are replaced by the Jarl, Jarl's Woman, Ax, Rune-Priest, and Singer, respectively
kaissa ciphers (noun): used by the caste of players for transmission of private messages but can be used by anyone; often extremely difficult to decipher.
kajira (noun): slavegirl; pl. kajirae
kajira canjellne (phrase): Gorean term meaning literally 'slave challenge'; one Gorean challenges another to combat the winner taking the slave as prize.
kajirus (noun): male slave; pl. kajiri
Kajuralia (noun; lit. 'holiday of slaves'): a festival, similar to the Feast of Fools, is which slaves trade places with their Masters and have much freedom to play tricks on free persons; celebrated in most cities on the last day of the 12th Passage Hand, but in Ar and some other cities on the last day of the 5th month, the day before the Love Feast
ka-la-na (noun): 1) a tree with very strong yellow wood, used for making bows;
2) a very potent dry white or red wine, made from the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree
kal-da (noun): alcoholic beverage made of ka- la-na wine diluted with citrus juices and mixed with strong spices, and served hot
kalika (noun): musical instrument having a long neck and hemispheric soundbox, its 6 strings being plucked; similar to a banjo
kalmak (noun): vest of black leather worn by the slavegirls of the Wagon Peoples
kamba (noun): word from the inland language meaning rope.
Kamba River (noun): empties directly into the Thassa outside the Harbor of Schendi.  It leads into the rainforest.
kanda (noun): a shrub which grows in desert regions of Gor.  It's roots are extremely toxic, even poisonous, but the leaves can be rolled and formed into strings which are chewed or sucked to produce a stimulant effect
kan-lara (noun): slave brand
Kantharos (noun) a gorean drink vessel
kara (noun): turning
Kashani (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars
kaska (noun): a small hand drum
Kassar (noun): one of the 4 Tribes of the Wagon Peoples, they are are known as the Blood People. Their standard is a scarlet three-weighted bola, hanging from a lance. Their brand, which is used on both slaves and bosk, is a stylized representation of a bola, three circles joined at the center by lines.
Kassau  (noun): a town at the northern bank of the forest, it is a town of wood.  The town is surrounded by a wall, with two gates, one large, facing the inlet, leading in from Thassa, the other small, leading to the forest behind the town.  The main business of Kassau is trade, lumber and fishing, particularly parsit fish from the plankton banks north of the town.  Lumber, particularly ka-la-na and tem-wood are traded to the North, which is virtually treeless.  Kassau is the seat of the High Initiate of the North.
Kataii (noun): one of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples, whose members are negroid; their standard is a yellow bow
katch (noun): foliated leaf vegetable.
Kavar (noun): a major tribe of the Tahari; their vassal tribes are the Ta'Kara, Bakahs, Char, and Kashani; their
war-cry is 'Kavars Supreme!'
kef (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet, analogous with the Earth letter 'K'; the first letter of the Gorean words
for male and female slaves, and hence often used as a brand
keg (noun) usually made of wood, a large container for carrying ale and various other drinks
keleutes  (noun): also known as a hortator. On an oared ship, the man responsible for beating time for rowers on a copper drum or wooden block.
kennel (noun): a small, concrete room, usu. 3'x3'x4', having an iron grill for a door, in which a slavegirl may be
confined at night
kes (noun): 1)a shrub whose salty, blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage
2) short tunic of black leather worn by the male slaves of the Wagon Peoples
kettle-and-mat girl (noun): a slavegirl whose function is divided between household tasks and sexual servitude
ki (adv.): no, not; also indicates a negative (ex. 'la ki kajira' - I am not a slavegirl)
Kinyanpi (noun): warrior tarnsmen of the Red Savages, they are also called, 'The Flighted Ones'.
kirtle (noun): the garb of a slave girl of the Torvald thin white woolen garment ankle-length with a deep plunging neckline.
klim (noun): directional division of a Gorean map.
knee walk, simple (noun): a slave travels on knee's, without standing, to fetch items or tend to duties.
knee walk, Turian (noun): mentioned, but not described except that it is sometimes used by slave dancers.
Kneel to the Whip (position): this command orders a slave to kneel, bowing her head to her knees, her wrists crossed under her as though bound.  The position is intended to expose her back to the whip.
knife brand (noun) rather like a tattoo, an appropriate design is cut into the thigh of a slave and a colored powder is rubbed into it.
knife, hook  (noun): a common knife with a curved blade used in slave competitions or hand-to-hand combat
knife, killing  (noun): described as a throwing knife like those used in Ar, smaller than the quiva, a kanda paste is applied to the tip of the blade.  An assassin's weapon.
knife, snow  (noun): large curved tabuk-bone, saw-toothed knife, used to cut into the snow to make snow blocks as for building iglu's in the Innuit country of the far north.
knife, turf (noun): wooden-bladed, saw-edged, paddle-like tool, used by Red Savages to cut and saw sod.  When the handle is held in the right hand and the blade is supported with the left, it may be used as a shovel.
koda  (noun): Dust Leg word meaning friend.
kodakiciyapi  (noun): Dust Leg word meaning peace, friendship.
kola  (noun): Kaiila word meaning friend.
ko-lar (noun): slave collar, actually spelled collar but pronounced ko-lar
koora (noun): strip of red fabric worn as a headband by the slavegirls of the Wagon Peoples
ko-ro-ba (noun): village market (obsolete); cap. a major city-state, often referred to as the 'Towers of the Morning'
Ko-ro-ba, city of  (noun): the Home Stone of Tarl Cabot, Ko-ro-Ba is found high in the northern latitudes of Gor, NW of Ar and one thousand pasangs from the Sardar Mountains.  Described as a city of lofty cylinders, set among rolling green hills, it was destroyed by the will of the Priest-Kings to enlist Tarl of Ko-ro-ba in a search which would ensure the continuation of their ancient, but endangered species.
kort (noun): a rinded fruit of the Tahari; served sliced with melted cheese and nutmeg
kosis (noun): disease
Kur (noun; lit. 'beast') pl. kurii; a corruption of their name for themselves): a large (8-9') furred, mammal having 4
legs, which can stand upright or on all fours; each paw has 6 multiply-jointed digits with retractable claws and an opposing thumb, so that it can grip; it has 2 rows of teeth; they are incredibly strong and ferocious, and are
carnivorous, even to eating humans
kurdah (noun): a small, light, semi-circular tent, c. 3' in diameter and 4' high, carried by a pack kaiila, in which
women (slave or free) may ride; the frame is of tem-wood and is covered with layers of white rep-cloth; used mainly in the Tahari
Kurii axe (noun): great, double-bladed iron axe some seven or eight feet in height.  The blade, from tip to tip is two feet in width.  The handle is made of carved, green needle wood, round and four inches in diameter
Kurii, race of  (noun): an alien race existing in their space ships, which orbit in the asteroid belts of the outer atmosphere, their 'Steel World'.  It is thought that their own world had been destroyed, partially as a result of their advanced technology, ferocity, and greed.  They are locked in a war with the Priest-Kings for the domination of Gor and Earth.  Their ships have sometimes been shattered and have fallen to the surface.  It is the practice of the Priest-Kings to destroy the wrecks, but they do not hunt down and exterminate the survivors.  These marooned Kur are allowed to live if they abide by the laws of the Priest-Kings.  They are extremely powerful, hightly intelligent, fond of killing and technologically advanced
Kurii shield (noun): a wide iron shield, round and four feet in diameter.
kurt (noun): the five-bladed slave whip

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la (phrase; fem): I am; you are
laager  (noun): also known as wagon fort, it is a defensive wagon formation utilized by wagon peoples. Wagons are arranged in a circle, end to end, tongues inward, and chained together, the front axle of one wagon chained to the rear axle of the next. The encampment, the draft animals, and any accompanying livestock are protected within.
Lady (noun): a term of respect used to address a free woman.  A contradiction exists in the books.  Although we are told free women are always addressed as 'Mistress', there are instances where a slave uses 'Lady' without rebuke.
La Kajira (phrase; declarative): I am a slave.
Lake Ngao  (noun): an equatorial lake of the Jungles of Schendi, the Ua River enters it's eastern extremity, connecting this Lake to Lake Shaba in the NE corner of the rainforest.  'The Falls of Bila Haruma', named for the famed explorer of this region, lies 100 pasangs to the east.  The villages of Unkungu are located on the NE shore.  Nyundo is the central village of the Ukungu region.
Lake Shaba  (noun): located in the NE corner of the Schendi rain forest, it is the source of the great river Ua.  Originally named Lake Bila Haruma for the explorer who discovered it, the name was changed at the great explorer's request by Tarl Cabot.
Lake Ushindi  (noun): drained by the Kamba River and Nyoka River, it is a large, equatorial lake, located in the Jungles of Schendi.  The inland village of Nyuki is located on the north shore.  It's western border is made up of bogs, marshes, and floodlands. A canal connects Lake Ushindi east across the swampland to Lake Ngao.
lance, kailla  (noun): used for hunting kailiauk and mounted warfare, there are two types.  The hunting lance are longer, heavier, and thicker than the war lance, and are undecorated except for the feathers of the prairie fleer.  The point of the hunting lance is longer and narrower. The shafts are made from black, supple, and strong, made from tem wood.  head is made of metal, bone or stone, affixed to the shaft with sinew, rawhide or metal trade rivets.  Any decoration or mountings, such as wrist loops are bound onto the weapon with rawhide and sinew.
lance, tharlarion  (noun): weapon designed for use from the rider's mount on a high tharlarion, it is longer and heavier than the kaiila lance, for example.
lar (adj.): central
larl (noun): a large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline, tawny red or black in color, having a black mane; carnivorous; similar to a lion
larl, black (noun): predominately nocturnal larl which is sable coated and maned both male and female.
larl, jungle (noun) found within the rainforest jungles
larl, mountain (noun) found within the mountaneous areas of Gor
larl, red (sometimes called scarlet)  (noun): predominately day hunting larl which is tawny-red coated and has no mane in either male or female.
larl, white  (noun): seen in icy mountains of the Sardar they are the largest of the big cats standing 8 feet; upper canines extending below their jaws very similar to saber-toothed tiger; long tails are tufted at the ends.
larma (noun): 1) applelike - single-seeded applelike fruit; a variation of the succulent juicy larma with a single seed; commonly called pit fruit.
2) succulent -  fruit with a hard shell, brittle and easily broken, which encloses a fleshy endocarp, juicy and delicious.  When a female is referred to as a 'larma', it is meant that her frigid exterior conceals a quite different interior.  Larma or other fruit may be offered by a kneeling slave to her Master in a quiet plea for his sexual use of her.
Lar-Torvis (noun; lit. 'central fire'): a Gorean term for the sun is The Central Fire taken from Pythagorean expressions.
lart, snow  (noun): a small 4-legged mammal, about 10 inches high, weighing between 8 and 12 pounds.  The snow lart has two stomachs and hunts in summer, filling the second stomach in the fall to last the animal through winter.  It's pelt is snowy white and thick.  It is considered valuable, selling in Ar for half a silver tarsk.  They are found in the Polar North.
last girl  (noun): used to denote either the newest girl on a chain, or the least of all the girls.
Last Spear (noun): the last hunter in a band of hunters in the Voltai Ranges to thrown his spear;  this spearman is the weakest of the party and will if all spears have not killed the prey and it attacks be the one sacrificed to allow his fellows to escape.
last veil (noun): the innermost of the five veils worn by free women; it is worn under the veil of the citizeness, and is often very sheer
Laura  (noun): east and north of Ko-ro-ba about two hundred pasangs inland from the sea called Thassa on the Laurius River; it is a small trading city, a river port, whose buildings are made largely of wood. It is a clearinghouse for a various goods, a mercantile town.
Laurius River  (noun): winding, long, gentle, slow river two hundred pasangs inland from the coast of the Thassa.  The free port of Lydius is found at it's mouth.  The river is not as broad or brisk as the Vosk River farther to the south.  It is located below Ko-ro-ba and above Ar and flows in a generally westerly direction.
leach, salt (noun) clinging small leaches found in the salt watery rivers of Gor
leading position (noun; used as a command): posture of a slave girl, bending forward at the waist, with her head at a Master's hip, so that he may grab her hair and guide her where he wishes her to go
League of Black Slavers  (noun): a branch of the Caste of Slavers; they work out of Schendi and  its environs.
leash  (noun): various types of rope, fiber, chain, etc. used to restrict a slave from flight or movement.  The rope or fiber chains may be corded with wire to prevent them from being shredded by chewing.
leash, hair  (noun): hair confined into a ponytail with a ribbon or wooden fillet, so called because it can be used as a method of seizure and control by the Master.
leashed-legs tie  (noun): a standard submission tie; the kneeling girl has the leash, attached to her collar, passed down the front of her body and between her legs to bind her crossed ankles together.
leather leash collar  (noun):  a leather slave collar with attached which may be used when the slave is to be led, usually for reasons of security.
leather-slung fee cart (noun): a public or rented 'coach' for transportation of passengers with seats facing each other.  Its carriage is suspended by strong leather which causes a swaying, many times bringing on motion-sickness for passengers.  Large hides are often suspended underneath to store items, as is a grease bucket for greasing the axles.
leech, marsh  (noun): described as rubbery about 4 inches long; it attaches itself to plants  in the marsh or float free in the water, waiting for warm blooded animals.  They fasten themselves to their victim to suck blood until, satiated, they detach.  They can be removed with fire or salt.  They are edible.
leech plant (noun): a hemovorous plant that fastens two hollow, fang-like thorns into its victim, through which it can suck the blood that nourishes it
leem  (noun): a small arctic rodent some five to ten ounces in weight which hybernates in the winter. Its furs are sold by the Red Hunters.
leg-spreader (noun): devices of various complexity designed to keep a slave girl's legs spread while being used
sexually by her Master(s); sometimes used on male captives as an indication of humiliation; used mostly among the Red Savages of the Barrens
lelt (noun): a small (5-7") blindfish with fernlike filaments at either side of the head which are its sensory organs;
white, with long fins, it swims slowly, and is the main food of the salt shark; inhabits the brine pits such as those at Klima in the Tahari
lesha (command; lit. 'leash'): the slave remains standing or kneeling, depending upon her current position.  She turns away from her Master, tilting up her chin and turns her head to the left as a leash is attached to her collar.  Her wrists are extended behind her to be locked into slave bracelets or otherwise bound.
liana vine (noun): a rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water
lice, tarn  (noun):  marble sized parasites that infest wild tarns
light harpoon  (noun): used by Red Hunters to hunt and kill sea sleen, often from a kayak, it is used with a throwing board.  The foreshaft, head, and point, made of bone, rests in the notch of the throwing board.  The harpoon head is attached to a light rawhide line of twisted tabuk sinew which lies coiled in a tray.
liqueurs (noun) various liqueurs are found on Gor
lit, common (noun): a bird found in the rainforests of the Schendi area
lit, crested (noun): a bird found in the rainforests of the Schendi area
lit, needle-tailed (noun): a bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area.
lizard (noun) a retile found within the second level canopies of the rainforest
lizard, water (noun) a small reptile found within the watery areas of gor
lo (phrase; masc.): I am; you are
lock collar  (noun): a hinged collar easily removed by the use of a key; usually of flat stock c. 1-1/2 inches to 2 inches high; usually worn by trained slaves; the lock has one pin for each of the letters in the word 'kajira'.
long bow  (noun): the Gorean long bow is the height of a tall man.  It has a flat back and a round belly and may be made of supple Ka-la-na wood.  A proficient bow man should be able to loose 19 arrows in a Gorean ehn.  It is not as popular among Goreans because of some impracticalities of use.  It cannot be used from the saddle, and the warrior must be standing or kneeling to aim, making him a target.  It is favored by the peasants who make them and is also known as the peasant bow.
long ship (noun): a swift, maneuverable ship having 2 rudders, 1 removable lateen-rigged mast, and a keel-to-beam ratio of 8:1; often used in military actions; some are fitted as ramships
long sword (Torvaldsland)  (noun): carried in it's own belt looped over the left shoulder which is the common gorean practice
long-tailed porcupine  (noun):  animal of the canopy level of the rainforest.
longhouse, Torvaldsland  (noun): the hall of the Torvaldslander is about 120 Gorean feet in length, with walls formed of turf and stone, some more than eight feet in thickness.  It is heated by a fire in it's center, burning in a rounded pit.  It's ceiling, supported by posts is about 6 feet in height.  At one end is a cooking area and along each side, stones mark sections off into sleeping quarters, furs strewn over an dirt floor. Scattered throughout are tables and benches.  The center of the hall proper is about twelve feet in width.
Looking into the blood (phrase): Gorean ritual where a hunter drinks a handful of blood from his prey, then takes another handful and looks into it to see his future, before drinking it.  It is said that if one sees one's visage black and wasted, one will die of disease; if one sees oneself torn and scarlet, one will die in battle; if old and white haired, one will die in peace and leave children.
loot pit (noun): a holding place for captured free women awaiting collars and branding during the military occupation of a city.
Lo Sardar (phrase): I am a Priest-King.
Love Feast (noun): common name for the 5th Passage Hand, occuring in late summer, which time is the greatest
period for the sale of slaves, esp. slavegirls
love furs (noun): soft furs spread thickly on the floor at the foot of a Master's sleeping couch, on which a slave girl
is most often raped
Love War (noun): The Wagon Peoples compete against the Warriors of Turia on the Plain of Stakes during the Second Passage Hand (May 15th-19th) in mid-spring, participating in various challenges and ceremonial combats.  For Turians, the contest is to win ownership of a slave of the Wagon Peoples.  The Four Tribes compete to win high born Turian free women, which will be turned into slaves of the wagons.
Low Caste  (noun): those under High Caste; normally not born or trained to rule; allowed only First Knowledge
luck girl (noun): a slavegirl who acts as mascot onboard ship; her use is usually reserved for the captain of the ship, but she may be shared with the crew, usually as a disciplinary measure
lung fish  (noun): also called gints; small fish found near half-submerged roots of shore trees or sunning on the back of tharlarion.
Luraz (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
lure girl  (noun): slaves who are set out by their master's to entice men for the purposes of empressing as crewmen or in work gangs.  While the man is delightfully distracted, her master's men accost him and hustle him away.
Lydius (noun): free port administered by Merchants, at the mouth of the Laurius where it empties into the Thassa. Goods, primarily rough goods like tools, crude metal and cloth are shipped from this port to many islands and coastal cities.

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mamba (noun): large, predatory river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; they
have long, log-like bodies, with short, powerful legs & a long snout & tail; similar to Earth crocodiles
Mamba People  (noun):  also called 'Tharlarion People' a cannibal tribe.
manumission  (noun): the documented, legal freeing of a slave.
March  (noun): the 2nd largest military unit of the Kurii it consists of 12 Bands (2 160 animals).
marcher ant  (noun): known in the jungles of Schendi as 'The Marchers' are these aggressive carnivorous insects.  Each is about 2 inches long, with a shiny black exoskeleton and two antennae.  Their name is derived from their, apparently seasonal, marches through the jungle in a single column, yards wide and pasangs in length.  They may number in the millions, their path's widening to as much as 500 feet when they overtake, swarm over, and devour all flesh, living or dead, in their path.  Their bite is extremely painful, but not poisonous.  Their victims die from being weakened from relentless attack, being overcome until they are still.  Tarl Cabot and the small men, led a column of Marchers, by baiting them with fresh meat, the ants, weaving like a whispering black snake through the jungle until they overran an encampment of the Mamba people, Cabot's intended target.
Margin of Desolation  (noun): an area north of Ar that was made into a wilderness thousands of pasangs deep.  Wells were poisoned, and fields burned and salted to prevent the approach of armies from the north. It was allowed to re-vegetate and re-populate.  Some believe the reason is to bring more arable land under cultivation; others say that the eyes of Ar turned north toward the powerful Salerian Confederation.
marine saurian (noun): fish-like predator with long, toothed snouts that are silent and aggressive; sailors fear them as they do the long-bodied sharks.
marine saurian, reptilian  (noun): reptilian-like scavengers found in the Thassa, more than 20 ft in length, it has a long neck and small head with rows of small teeth.  Its appendages are like broad paddles.
Market of Semris  (noun): a small town south and somewhat east of Samnium, it is famed for its markets for tarsks, four-legged and two-legged.  The town square is described as neat and well maintained, set with flat stones intricately fitted together.  There are shops, fountains, a closed temple and public buildings.
marking stick (noun): a writing implement rather like a pen
marsh moccasin  (noun): narrow dark, poisonous snake about five feet long with a small triangular head.  It inhabits the waters of the Vosk Delta.
marsh turtle (noun) a large turtle found within the marshes of the Vosk area
master belt (noun): a belt worn by the men of Torvaldsland from which hangs a knife in it's sheath, as well as a pouch and other accouterments.  The axe is supported in it's own belt hung over the left shoulder, but it is also anchored by a ring in the master belt.  Additionally, if the sword is not looped over the left shoulder, it will hung by its sheath and sheath straps from the master belt.  Some say the name, 'master belt' derives from it's not infrequent use in the disciplining of bond-maids.
Master of  Revels  (noun):  a city's Master of Entertainment.
master, private  (noun): an individual free man who owns slaves chosen for the pleasure he will personally receive from owning them and being in their company.
master, public  (noun): an individual free man or institution owning multiple slaves who are chosen for pleasing others, bringing indirect pleasure to their owner.  Examples are feast slaves, flute girls, or state slaves.
matok (noun): a Priest-King term, it refers to an inhabitant of the Nest which is in the Nest but not of the Nest
maza  (noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg term meaning metal.
mazasa (phrase): translation: copper
mazasapa  (noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg term meaning black metal; translated loosely into iron.
mead (noun): the preferred beverage of the northland,  made with fermented honey, water and spice, traditionally served in a large animal horn.
meadow kite (noun) they have a southern migration pattern
meat-catch  (noun): a carnival-like game which involves slaves lined up on their knees, hands bound behind their backs who are tossed bits of meat to catch one at a time; the girls catching the meat, or recovering a missed bit by scrambling with the others for it, receive points for their Masters.
melon  (noun): in a Tahari market, described as a yellowish red-striped sphere.
Memory, the  (noun): although the Red Savages, described as ruthless and ferocious, seem to thrive on internecine warfare, there is one common tradition that will unite them over customary conflicts and rivalries.  Their hatred of the white man, called simply, 'The Memory' always takes priority.
merchant brand (noun): a tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns for any wishing to do business with the Wagon Peoples that allows their passage over the plains; the stigma connected with this brand is that it suggests that  any approaching the wagons do so as slaves.
merchant kaissa  (noun): refers to the standardized version of kaissa played at fairs and tournaments.
Merchants, Caste of (noun): the caste of those who deal in merchandise and trading; their caste colors are white and gold
message collar (noun): worn by slaves who convey messages, it is a thick, high, leather collar, fashioned by Turians,  literally sewn around her throat.  Sewn inside, within the leather itself is a message, written on a small piece of rolled rence paper. .   The slave girl often does not know that her collar carries a message and of course would never know it's contents.
message tube  (noun): a capped tube affixed to a slave's collar by a small thong which can hold messages for her to transport.
metaglana  (adv): a female who is no longer a virgin or 'glana' preceded by the state of 'profalarina' indicating a female who is about to be 'falarina' and before that by 'meta glana' one who looks forward to her deflowering.
midnight, Gorean  (noun): the twentieth ahn.
milk, bosk  (noun): milk from the bosk, a staple of life for the Tribes of the Wagon Peoples. In some areas, it is available in powdered form.
milk, kaiila  (noun): used by the peoples of the Tahari as verr milk is used elsewhere, it is reddish with a salty strong taste due to the content of ferrous sulfate.
milk, verr  (noun): sometimes sold in open markets from a brass container, carried on a strap and served in tiny brass cups.
mindar (noun): a short-winged, yellow & red bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; with its sharp bill, it digs in the bark of flower trees for larvae & bugs
mint stick  (noun): a confection served in a bowl on a tray set for blackwine service, otherwise not described.
mitakoda  (noun): Dust Leg term meaning my friend.
mitakola  (noun): Kaiila word meaning my friend.
monkey, guernon (noun) found in the jungle along the Ua river; recognized by their chattering sound.
monkey, jit (noun): a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
mollusk (noun) various types of mollusks and varing sizes are found on Gor
moons, Gorean  (noun): three moons shine on the planet, Gor, one large and two small ones, described as full, beautiful, and 'hurtling through' the clouds.  They are said to have a biological effect on females, who are sometimes chained beneath them. It is suggested that the waxing and waning of the cycles of the moon correlate with the sexual cycles of the female.
moons, Red Savage  (noun): the moons as they mark the seasons of Red Savage life.  Among them are the winter moons of Waniyetuwi and Wanicokanwi, as well as the Istawicayanzanwi or Sore-Eye Moon.  The moon of the Returning Gants or Magaksicaagliwi heralds early spring followed by Wozupiwi, the Planting Moon. Kantwasi is the moon when the plums are red. The moon in which the tabuk rut (Takiyuhawi) is also called the Canpasapawi, the moon when the chokecherries are ripe. The Canwapegiwiw is the moon when the leaves become brown followed by the Corn-Harvest Moon which is called either the Wayuksapiwi or Canwapekasnawi, the moon when the wind shakes off the leaves.  The autumnal equinox occurs in Canwapegiwi.
mul (noun): a Priest-King term for a human slave
mul cases  (noun): transparent plastic tube in which a mul sleeps.
mul fungus  (noun): bland whitish fibrous vegetable-like material which is the main food of muls.
mul torch  (noun): rod used to light passages in the Priest-Kings Nest.
mul-pellets  (noun): surmised by Tarl Cabot to be a vitamin supplement for muls.
Musicians, Caste of  (noun): czehar players have the most prestige, followed by the flutists and the players of the kalika. The players of the drums come next,  and the farthest fellow down the list is the man who keeps the bag of miscellaneous instruments, playing them and parceling them out to others as needed.  Musicians are never enslaved, but they may be exiled, tortured, or slain.  It is said, that he who makes music must, like the tarn and the Vosk gull, be free.