Gorean Dictionary & Terms
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nadu (command; lit. 'kneel): at this command, a slavegirl will kneel back on her heels, with her knees spread wide,
back straight, hands on thighs with palms up, head up, eyes lowered; ie: to assume the position of a Pleasure Slave
Napoktan  (noun): the Bracelets Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
needle fly  (noun): also known as sting flies, these originate in the delta and similar places. Its sting is extremely painful but it is usually not dangerous unless inflicted in great numbers.
needle tree (noun): a tree of the Thentis region, whose oil is used in perfumes
Nest (noun): the colony and home of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar; the ruler of the Nest is the Mother, from whose eggs the Priest-Kings are hatched
Nest Trust (noun): the Priest-King equivalent of 'friendship'
nestle position  (noun):  ''Nestle ' I told her. 'Yes Master ' she said. She nestled obediently in the crook of my left arm.'
night gate (noun): a gate or gates monitored to allow passage of bona fide citizens to and from the city after dark.
noon, gorean (noun): 10th ahn is the gorean noon.
northern bow  (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  It is useful for close combat on a ship, and can easily be fired through a thole port with the oar withdrawn.
northern collar  (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.
northern helmet  (noun): conical shaped with a nose guard that can slip up and down; about the neck it usually has chain mail dangling from rings.
northern shield (noun): round and wooden, variously painted, they are reinforced with iron bands, or leather, or small bronze plates.   Hung, overlapping over the side of a ship, they are an indication of peaceful intent.
nothern yoke (noun) made of either wood or bone, it's drilled in three places, placed behind the slave's neck, where one of the holes are drilled and secured with a leather strap to the slave's waist which goes up to either side of the yoke, knotted on her wrists, passed through the hole at her neck and looped a couple of times around her neck
nose ring (noun): fine, gold ring fitted into a hole pierced into the septum of the nose.  Among the Wagon Peoples, all females, slave and free wear such rings, as do their animals.
notched stick  (noun):  musical instrument played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across its surface.
nu (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; corresponds to the Earth letter 'N'; apparently adapted from the Greek
alphabet
nutmeg (noun) a spice like the earthern spice
nuts (noun) there is a variety of nuts found on gor
nykus (noun): victory; from the Greek nike
Nyoka River  (noun):  river that flows into Schendi harbor from the rainforest,  and then on to Thassa.

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oar dance  (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.
obeisance position  (position): a position of extreme deference which is described as a slave deeply bowing her head from the basic pleasure slave position, often flattening her palms against the floor and leaning forward to lick and kiss the boots of a Free person.
Octavii  (noun): ranked as first and second, these individuals are deputy commissioners in the records office of a city.
Official Stone  (noun): a solid metal cylinder that is kept near Sardar.  Four times a year on a set day during the fairs cities have the chance to test it against the standard stone.
olakota  (noun): Kaiila word meaning peace.
Olive Grove (noun) the groves are in Tyros
olive, torian (noun) are commonly from the City of Tor. (referred to as Torian Olives)
olive, red  (noun): from the groves of Tyros, not otherwise described.
Olni River  (noun): a tributary of the Vosk River which stretches northeast from it's confluence with the Vosk at Lara. Lara, Vonda, Port Olni and Ti are the cities forming the Salerian Confederation, all of which lie on the Olni River.
Omen Year  (noun): a season, rather than a year, calculated by the Wagon Peoples into three phases.  The first phase is called the 'Passing of Turia', in the fall; the 'Wintering', which takes place north of Turia and south of the Cartius River, and, finally the 'Return to Turia' in the spring (also called 'Season of Little Grass'). The omens are taken near Turia by the haruspexes, mostly readers of bosk blood and verr livers.  Depending on their determination an 'Ubar San' might be chosen, the Ubar of all the Peoples.  In the time of Tarl Cabot, the omens had not been favorable for one hundred years.
omnion (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet
one-strap  (noun): one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn, namely for climbing steeply; it is also a command for Tarns trained in verbal cues.  One-Strap!
onion (noun) like the earthern onions
opals, common  (noun):  milky in color.  Because they are much more rare on Gor they are of more value than those of Earth.
opals, flame  (noun):  reddish and blue in color. Because they are much more rare on Gor they are of more value than  those of Earth.
open-legged tie  (noun): right wrist is tied to right ankle, and  left wrist to left ankle, with about six or seven inches of slack between wrist and ankle.  It is not good for general security but is it a good and familiar slave tie.  One advantage of this is that a girl may kneel comfortably for hours.
Or  (noun):  a unit of ten warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
Oralu  (noun):  a unit of a thousand warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
Orlu  (noun):  a unit of a hundred warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
ost (noun): tiny snake, about 12" long, bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within
seconds
ost, banded (noun) is yellowish orange and is marked with black rings.
ost, rainforest  (noun): a snake of the  rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.
ost, ushindi (noun) red with black stripes and as poisonous as the common ost
oysters  (noun): from the delta of  the Vosk.

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paddle mitten  (noun): a mitten worn by the Red Hunter as he paddles his kayak or umiak.  It has a thumb on each side, so that when one side is worn, it can be turned over.
paga (noun; abbr. of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, lit. 'pleasure of the life-daughter'): a grain-based, distilled hard liquor akin to whiskey; sometimes served warm
paga attendant (noun): a male employee of a paga tavern, who supervises the serving of paga by slavegirls, and
collects payment for the paga and the use of the slavegirls
paga, drinking vessels  (noun): paga, the fermented drink made from Sa-Tarna grain seems to have no traditions surrounding it's service, as is demonstrated by the myriad variety of serving and drinking vessels deemed acceptable by the Gorean imbiber.  The following annotations list these examples of drinking vessels: cups, brass cups, glasses, bowls, goblets, metal goblets, a silver goblet studded with rubies, a golden goblet, and a kantharos
paga tavern (noun): an establishment where food and alcoholic beverages, esp. paga, are sold; in addition, the use of the serving slave is included in the price of the paga bought
pagar (noun): pleasure
pagar kajira (noun): pleasure slave
paga, sa-tarna  (noun): a strong fermented drink brewed from sa-tarna  (pagar-sa-tarna or Pleasure of the Life- Daughter) grain, the favored drink of Gorean men.  A cup in a paga tavern would cost a tarsk bit.  One of the large serving bottles may be purchased for a silver tarsk.  Paga is served warmed to fiery hot. There seem to be no traditions surrounding it's service as demonstrated by the variety of vessels from which it is, stored,  served and drunk
paga vessel (noun) used within taverns, a large vessel carried from table to table with a strap that goes over a girl's shoulder, filling containers of paga for the customers
palm, fan  (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.
palm tree  (noun): More than 1500 varieties of palm trees exist in the rainforest one of which is the Fan Palm more than 20 ft high and spreads it leaves in the form of a an opened fan it is an excellent source of pure water as much as one liter of water being found almost as though cupped at the base of each leaf's stem.
palm wine  (noun): drink mentioned briefly; no description available.
panga  (noun): two-foot-long heavy curve-bladed bush knife.
Panther Girl (forest 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
panther, jungle  (noun): Less dangerous to man than the northern variety inhabitant of the rainforest.
panther, yellow (noun) similar to the jungle panther, a large dangerous creature
Parade of Slaves  (noun): a presentation of beauty and attractions in which the slaves present themselves one by one usually accompanied by music for the inspection of the guests.  Commonly takes place in paga taverns and brothels but may take place elsewhere.  Free women are usually not present.
Paravaci (noun): one of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples; also called the Rich People; their standard is a
boskhead-shaped banner made of jewels strung on gold wire
parfleche  (noun): kailiauk hide is prepared in sheets, cut almost as thin as paper, dried in the prairie sun and layered to form a flat, leather envelope which is sealed with a seam of hardened fat. Used to store food, such as kailiauk meat.
parrot  (noun): A bird found in the emergent level of the rainforest some varieties are also found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest.
parsit current  (noun): the main eastward current of the waters above the polar basin, so named because of the several varieties of migrating parsit fish which follow it.
parsit fish (noun): a silvery fish having brown stripes pasang (noun): measure of distance equalling .7 miles
pasang  (noun): measure of distance equaling .7 miles.
pasang stone  (noun): a stone set up along roads to mark distance to and from certain destinations.
passage brand  (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.
Passage Hand (noun): the 5-day period between Gorean months, which consist of 5 5- day weeks
passion slave (noun): a slavegirl who has been bred, rather captured; specifically, one that has been bred for a
particular rait, such as beauty or slave heat or the shape of her lips
pastries (noun) there is a wide variety of pastries made on Gor
peaches (noun) Slightly smaller than the earth variety but just as sweet. Can be dried for long journeys and made into pies or tarts.
peas (noun) a vergetable like the peas from earth
Peasants, Caste of (noun): the basic caste of Gor; they refer to themselves as the 'Ox on Which the Home Stone
Rests'
pemmican  (noun): strips of dried kailiauk meat pounded into a powder and mixed with fruit, such as chokeberries, is fixed in kailiauk fat and shaped into round, flat cakes.  Provides portable protein and energy source.
penalty brand  (noun): small 1/4 inch brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor etc.
Pentilicus Tallux  (noun): a renowned poet of the Ar of one hundred years ago, the Great Theater in Ar is named for him.  It has a huge stage which can accommodate a thousand actors.
People  (noun):  a division of the Kur military, it is composed of  twelve smaller units, the March.
perimeter wands  (noun): marking the boundary or Ihanke of The Barrens are hundreds of  markers, seven to eight feet high made of peeled Ka-la-na wood, tipped with yellow, black-tipped feathers of the Herlit.
personal serving slave  (noun): a slave assigned or owned by the person she obeys.  Her duties may include running errands, general cleaning, or caring for personal belongings.
Physicians, Caste of (noun): the caste which practices the healing arts; the Physicians are one of the five High
Castes which make up the Gorean government; their caste color is green
pierced-ear girl (noun): a slavegirl whose ears have been pierced; as piercing a girl's ears is consider the ultimate
degradation, it virtually guarantees that the girl will never be freed; the practice first became popular in Turia, but is gaining acception in the northern cities, esp. Ar
Pillar of Exchanges  (noun): about one hundred pasangs northwest of Tharna lonely white column of solid marble 400 feet in height and 100 feet in diameter.  The solid pillar offers an almost ideal place for the exchange of prisoners.
pitcher (noun) vessels of various sizes and shapes, colored and then burned and hardened in kilns used to carry drinks
placatory dance  (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.
Plains of Turia  (noun): the southern prairies of Gor,  described as a broad grassland,  from the Thassa and the Ta-Thassa Mountains to the southern foothills of the Voltai Range.  Called the Land of the Wagon Peoples, their holdings extend in the north to the Cartius River.
plank collar (noun): a two-piece board hinged at one end and capable of being locked at the other, similar in
operation to the stocks of 18th-century America and England; it has two or more semi-circular holes cut in each side so that it may fit around the necks of more than one slavegirl or captive free woman at one time
plastic cage (noun): a means of exhibiting slave girls outside a slaver's establishment suspended from the roof of the portico or in a tier of cages with a comely wench inside.
plate (noun) and serving and eating dish, made in a variety of size and of a variety of materials
plate collar  (noun): collar of flat stock which is hammered about a slave's neck; usually worn by untrained slaves.
Player (noun): a member of a caste-like society who plays Kaissa professionally; their caste colors are red and
yellow
pleasure garden (noun): an area in which wealthy Gorean men keep their slavegirls; roughly akin to the harem of
the Arab countries of Earth
pleasure rack (noun): a device, ranging in complexity from a grid of ropes in a wooden frame to a moveable,
adjustable frame with chains, for the display and sexual use of slavegirls and captive free women
pleasure silk (noun): sheer, clingy form of silk worn only by slavegirls; wraps like a pareau, with a disrobing loop at the left shoulder
pleasure slave (noun): a slavegirl whose main function is sexual servitude to her Master; traditionally, she kneels
with her knees spread wide, and her hands either resting on her thighs or, in some cities, crossed behind her, ready for binding
plums (noun) similar to the earth plums
Poets, Caste of  (noun): One of  the low castes. On Gor the singer or poet is regarded as a craftsman who makes strong sayings he has his role to play in the social structure celebrating battles and histories singing of heroes and cities but also he is expected to sing of living and of love and joy not merely of arms and glory; and too it is his function to remind the Goreans from time to time of loneliness and death lest they should forget that they are men. This Caste is outlawed in Tharna.
poison (noun): the use of poison of Gor is generally considered not worthy of men.  It is against the Code of Warriors. It is thought of as a weapon of women.
Polar North  (noun): referring to the area above the Hrimgar Mountains, home of the Red Hunters.  Most of this land is tundra, a treeless plain covered with mosses, shrubs, and lichens during the summer.  Some two hundred and forty different types of plants grow in the Gorean arctic within 500 pasangs of the pole. In the winter, early spring, and late fall, it is s desolate, bleak, frozen barren alien landscape.
porcupine, long-tailed  (noun):  animal of the canopy level of the rainforest.
Port Kar  (noun): facing the gleaming Thassa by way of the Tamber Gulf, is the crowded, squalid, malignant city at the mouth of the Vosk Delta called Port Kar.  It is sometimes referred to as the Tarn of the Sea. It is the only city on Gor that recognizes a Caste of Thieves, and it is the only city on Gor actually built by slaves under the whip of their Masters.  The city is a mass of holdings, each almost a fortress, all crossed and divided by hundreds of canals.Port Kar is ruled by a several conflicting Ubars, and, under them, the Council of Captains who are responsible for maintaining and managing the great arsenal, as well as the fleets of Port Kar.  Her name is a synonym in Gorean for cruelty and piracy.
Port Olni  (noun): city located on the North bank of the Olni River.  A member of the Salerian Confederation.
post strap (noun) a heavy belt with a ring holds the slave to the post
pot girl (noun): a slavegirl whose main function is cooking and other menial tasks; used disparagingly
powdered bosk milk (noun) with little refrigeration, unless milk is fresh or stored somewhere cool powdered milk is commonly used
Prayer Ring  (noun):  ring with several tiny knobs on it has circular knob (like the golden circle at the termination of the Initiates staff notifies that one cycle of prayer has been  completed.
Pride (noun): a military unit consisting of 100 Warriors
pride veil (noun): the third veil worn by free women; worn under the house veil and over the veil of the citizeness
Priest-King (noun): the Earth translation of the Gorean term 'Sardar'
Priest-King's egg  (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.
Priest-Kings, symbol of  (noun): described as a golden circle, which has no beginning or end; the symbol of eternity.
Prison Moon  (noun): of the three moons orbiting Gor, the name given to one of the two smaller ones.
Prition (noun): title of a treatise on bondage written by Clearchus of Cos
profalarina  (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.
prostrate  (noun): the slave kneels, bows her head, leans forwward and touches her forehead to the floor, stretches her arms out before her with palms face down and fingers spread.
private master  (noun): an individual free man who owns slaves chosen for the pleasure he will personally receive from owning them and being in their company.
public master  (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.
punishment slave box  (noun):  small square (3x3') iron box with a door having a viewing aperture of 7 inches x1/2 inches in the middle and a pass-through of 12x2 inches at the base; a punishment device for slaves.

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qualae (noun): small, dun-colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair; pl. qualae
quarrel  (noun): small arrow of the crossbow.  It's initial velocity is the better part of a pasang per second. The crossbow is the preferred weapon of the assassin.
quern  (noun): a grinding implement which consists primarily of a mount, two stones, an overhead beam and a pole. The two stones are circular grinding stones. The bottom stone has a small hub on its upper surface which fits into an inverted concave depression in the upper stone. This helps to keep the stones together. It also has shallow, radiating surface grooves through which the grindings may escape between the stones.
quiva  (noun): balanced saddle knife about a foot in length double edged; it tapers to a daggerlike point.  It is regarded as more of a missile weapon than a hand knife.

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rainforest, canopies zone  (noun): zone in rainforest that ranges from 60 to 125 Gorean feet above the jungle floor.  This is the fantastic green cover which constitutes the main ceiling of the jungle.  It is inhabited by an incredible number of birds, monkeys, reptiles, and insects.
rainforest, emergent zone  (noun): an ecological level of the rainforest 125 to 200 gorean feet above the jungle floor.  In this highest level, the trees have thrust above the canopies below them.  Mainly birds, particularly parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits inhabit this zone.
rainforest, ground zone  (noun): the 'undergrowth' of the rainforest. Extending from the ground to the lower canopies, this ecological zone is home to species of birds, snakes and insects. Many small animals, such as the giani, jit monkeys and four toed leaf urts are found in this zone as well.  On the floor itself are marsupials, tarsk, twenty kinds of single-horned tabuk, and jungle larls and panthers.
rainforest of Schendi  (noun): a vast rain forest covering thousands of square pasangs on the equator.  It's western border is the Thassa and it's port of Schendi.  Two great lakes puncturate it's center, Lake Ngao and Lake Ushindi, four hundred pasangs apart.  The rain forest is home to myriad varieties of insects, birds, fish, mammals, rodents and reptiles and some of the most unique flora to be found on Gor.
raisins (noun) made from gorean grapes, similar to earth raisins
ram-berries (noun): small, succulent berries
ram-ship (noun): war galley, having up to 3 banks of oars as well as masts and sails; named for the battering rams
on the prow
rape rack (noun) The rape-rack at Tabuk's Ford is a specially prepared horizontal stock, cut away in a V-shape at the lower end.
rarius (noun; pl.rarii): warrior
Raviri (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
ravishment lamp (noun): a small tharlarion- oil lamp, found in the chamber of a Master; its soft glow is sufficient to illuminate a slavegirl as she is raped
Red Hunters (noun): the peoples who inhabit the Gorean arctic; in appearance and culture, they are similar to the
Eskimos of Earth
Red Hunter's drum  (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.
red salt  (noun): some of the salt mines in the Tahari Desert Waste area of Klima, deliver a salt, famed on Gor,  that is red in color from deposits of ferrous oxide.  It is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after it's port of embarkation at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen.
Red Savages (noun): the peoples to inhabit the plains area (Barrens) of Gor; in appearance and culture, they are
similar to theAmerican Indians of Earth
Red Savage hand signs  (noun):  A mode of communication common to all the tribes of the Barren, sign is simple, easy to learn and adequate for relaying information.
Red Savage smoke signs  (noun): a method of messaging over distance, using smoke from a fire set for that purpose.
red-silk girl  (noun):  A slave girl who is not a virgin, or, as is said on Gor, her body has been 'opened by men'.
reins, kaiila  (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.
remora fish (noun) they seem to have a similar relationship with the shark
rence (noun): a tufted, reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; used for making paper
rence beer  (noun):  steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant, served in a gourd flagon.
rence islands  (noun): part of the Vosk Delta where the communities of rence growers dwell.  They live on rence islands which  are small,  seldom more than 200 by 250 feet and about 8 to 9 feet thick with an exposed surface above the water of about 3 feet.  They are formed entirely from interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh. To prevent unwanted movement, they are tethered by marsh vine to near-by strong rence roots.
rence paper (noun): papyrus
rence, pith of  (noun):  edible part of the  rence plant, either raw or cooked.  Rence pith and   fish are the dietary staples of the rence growers.  Also sometimes used for caulking.
rence, root of (noun):  used to make wooden tools and utensils that can be carved from it also used for fuel.
rence, stem of  (noun):  used to make reed boats sails mats cords and a fibrous cloth
rennel  (noun): a crablike poisonous desert  insect.
rep (noun): a fiber plant similar to cotton
repcloth (noun): rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant
rep-cloth veil  (noun): a rough veil worn by Free women of lower caste.
rim  (adj):  east directional division of a gorean map.
ring lock  (noun): there are many varieties of these locks, one being the combination padlock with numbers of rotating disks which, when aligned properly, allow the lock to open.
ring-necked waders  (noun) bird found along the river of the ground zone of the rain forest.
Rite of Submission (event) a free woman may openly submit Herself for a Master's protection and use, this is done by the performance of a formal gesture of submission by which she invokes the ancient Gorean "rite of submission." He may either accept her as His slave or drive her off, with the exception of a Warrior who by His codes can never abandon a female while she is alive, so He must either accept her as His slave or kill her, if He does choose to kill her He is infact preserving Her honor as a Free Woman and her caste and family. To invoked the "rite of submission" She face strips herself and publicly announces that She willingly submits to the individual she has chosen. Then assumes "the position of female submission," where she kneels at her captor's feet and leans her body back, sitting upon her heels, with her arms extended upward, crossed at the wrists, and her head beneath them lowered in supplication. The Master then if accepting her as His slave receives all Her property and She loses her titles and rank.
ritual of exile  (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.
river shark (noun): a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers
of Gor
road wagon  (noun): describes a heavier wagon in comparison to one used within a city.
Robes of Concealment (noun): the mode of dress favored by free women in some of the larger city-states (i.e. Ar, Ko-ro-ba, Turia, etc.); it consists of one or more hooded robes of heavy brocade, or other opaque fabric, plus up to five face veils
rock spider  (noun): an inhabitant of the rainforests lower level this brown or black spider camouflages itself by tucking legs under its body to look like a rock hence its name;  it is approximately one foot in diameter and will catch small rodents or birds in its web.
ror  (adj): northeast directional division of a gorean map.
round shield  (noun): The round shield is formed from concentric,  overlapping layers of hardened leather riveted together and bound with hoops of brass. It is fitted with the double sling for carrying on the left arm. Normally the Gorean shield is painted boldly and has infixed in it some device for identifying the bearer's city.
round ship (noun): heavy cargo & passenger ships, having up to 3 banks of 10 oars to a side; not as swift or
maneuverable as ram- ships, having a keel-to-beam ratio of 6:1; has 2 rudders, and 2 permanent, lateen-rigged masts; carries a crew of 20-25 free men, plus up to 200 oar-slaves

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sa (noun): 1) life  2) daughter
Sacred Place (noun): the name given to a place located in the Sardar Mountains.  It is considered taboo, perilous, and, until the time of Tarl Cabot, no man had ever returned from a journey to it.
Sa-eela (noun): one of the most sensual and erotic of slave dances; it consists of five distinct portions; belongs to
the class of slave dance known as Lure Dances of the Love- Starved Slavegirl
sa-fora (noun; lit. 'chain-daughter'): slavegirl
sajel (noun):a drug which causes harmless pustules to erupt on the body; in combination with gieron, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague
salamander  (noun): an inhabitant of  the brine pits of  the  salt mines of the Tahari, they are white and blind with long stemlike legs with fern-like filaments which are feather gills.
Salerian Confederation (noun): an alliance of 4 cities - Ti, Port Olni, Lara, and Vonda - formed to rid the Olni River of pirates & to protect inland shipping
salt, red  (noun): some of the salt mines in the Tahari Desert Waste area of Klima, deliver a salt, famed on Gor,  that is red in color from deposits of ferrous oxide.  It is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after it's port of embarkation at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen.
salt, white  (noun): mined by the slaves who manage to live through a punishing march over the white hot crusts of salt of the Tahari Wastes to Klima, for example.  Salt, mined from the Tahari makes up 20% of the salt used in various products of Gor.  The forced marches to Klima can only be done in the fall, winter, or spring when the surface temperature of the salt crusts reach 160 degree's Farenheit and the air temperature ranges from 120 to 140 degree's.  The mining, harvesting, sifting, purifying and packaging process turn out nine qualities of salt which are shipped all over Gor.
salt, yellow  (noun): references to yellow salt as 'of the south' and on a table exist, but no other description has been found.
Samnium  (noun): two hundred pasangs east and south of Brundisium, a walled city, spared the savageries of war with Cos, because of her alliance with them.
san (adj.): one; fem. sana
sand flies (noun) they go dormant during the dry periods in the desert, usually found near oasis's
sa'ng (adj.): without
sa'ng-fori (noun; lit. 'without chains'): freedom
sapa  (adjective): Kailla or Dust Leg term meaning black.
sar (noun): king
Sardar (noun): priest-kings, large (c. 8 ft. tall) intelligent insects who are the true rulers of Gor; the mountain range
where the Priest- Kings live
Sardar Mountain Fairs (noun): huge fairs held 4 times each year at the foot of the Sardar Mountains; they coincide with the equinoxes and solstices (En'Kara, En'Var, Se'Kara, & Se'Var); for the during of the Fair, the area is neutral territory: no one may be enslaved at the Fair (though slaves captured elsewhere may be sold), & no blood may be spilled; serves as a trading point for information and merchandise; every Gorean is required to visit the Fair at least once before the age of 25
Sardar Mountain Fairs, En'Kara (noun): occurs during the spring, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year.
Sardar Mountain Fairs, En'Var  (noun): occurs during the summer solstice, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year.
Sardar Mountain Fairs, Se'Kara  (noun): occurs in the fall, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year.
Sardar Mountain Fairs, Se'Var  (noun): occurs during the winter solstice, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year.
Sardar Mountains  (noun): legendary location of the Sacred Place home of the Priest-Kings, they are 1000 pasangs from Ko-ro-Ba, in the North. They are smaller than other mountain ranges such as those of Thentis or the Voltai mountains.
Sa-Tarna (noun; lit. 'life-daughter'): grain, specifically wheat
Sa-Tarna bread  (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.
Sa-Tassna (noun; lit. 'life-mother'): meat; food in general
sausage (noun) made similar to earth sausage, hung in links from a variety of meats and spices
scarlet rug  (noun): a submission rug used  in Tharna on which a free woman naked and bound with yellow cords must submit as slave to her master first hearing him recite a ritual poem then yielding physically.
Schendi (noun): a port city just south of the equator, having a population of c. 1 million citizens; is the base of
operations for the League of Black Slavers.   It's harbor on the Thassa is the entry for the Kamba and Nyoka Rivers which lead to the interior of the Schendi rainforest.
Schendi, rainforest of  (noun): a vast rain forest covering thousands of square pasangs on the equator.  It's western border is the Thassa and it's port of Schendi.  Two great lakes puncturate it's center, Lake Ngao and Lake Ushindi, four hundred pasangs apart.  The rain forest is home to myriad varieties of insects, birds, fish, mammals, rodents and reptiles and some of the most unique flora to be found on Gor.
scmitar  (noun): the preferred weapon of the tribesmen of the Tahari.  A wickedly curved blade, so sharp that a bit of silk dropped upon it would fall, parted, to the floor.  The wielder of such a weapon presses forward with lightening moves, in rapid, diagonal, figure-eight strokes, his booted foot stamped forward, his body turned to the left, minimizing target, his head to the right, maximizing vision, his rear foot at right angles to the attack line, maximizing leverage, assuring balance. On kailla-back, it is carried, sheathed, hanging from the saddle.
scorpion (noun):  found in  the canopy level of the rainforest.
Scribes, Caste of (noun): the caste concerned with history, accounting, record-keeping, etc.; one of the five High
Castes which make up Gorean government; their caste color is blue
scrolls, Gorean (noun): Manuals of the Pens of Mira, Leonora's Compendium, Songs of Dina, or Hargon's The Nature and Arts of the Female Slave are all texts with information or instruction about slavery, sometimes used in slave training.
scytale (noun): a marked ribbon wrapped around a spear. When the marks are aligned, a message can be read.
se (adj.): second
sea sleen  (noun): long sleek mammal with flippers and six legs and double fanged jaws can weigh as much as 1000 pounds.. and as much as 20 feet in length hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelt.
sea sleen, broad-head (noun) long sleek mammal with flippers and six legs and double fanged jaws can weigh as much as 1000 pounds and as much as 20 feet in length hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelt.
sea sleen, black  (noun):  one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.
sea sleen, brown  (noun):  one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.
sea sleen, flat-nosed  (noun):  one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.
sea sleen, rogue  (noun):  rare broader headed more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North.
sea sleen, tufted  (noun):  one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.
sea sleen, white-spotted  (noun):  its rich fur  is used for cloaks.
second growth patches  (noun):  area's of the jungle that are impenetrable or almost impenetrable, not characteristic of the virgin rain forest.  They occur when land is cleared and abandoned.  Often found along rivers.
Second Knowledge (noun): the education available to the higher castes; it is more esoteric, and includes knowledge of Earth
second slave (phrase): referring to the serving of black wine, it indicates that the consumer prefers to drink it
without sugar or milk; from the fact that the sugar and milk are placed in the cup by one slave before the beverage is poured into the cup by a second slave
second wine (noun): see breeding wine
seduction slave  (noun): a kajirus used to seduce a Free Woman into violating the couch law and becoming slave.
Se'Kara (noun; lit. 'second turning'): the seventh month of the Gorean calendar, that of the autumnal equinox,
roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of September
Se'Kara-Lar-Torvis  (noun): The Second Kara or the Second Turning the month of the autumnal equinox but usually called simply Se'Kara
Selnar (noun): the third month of the Gorean calendar (in Ko-ro-ba and some other cities)
semnium  (noun): a public building which houses the high council, or governing body.
sereem diamonds (noun): a transparent mineral which is precious because of its rarity; is red with flecks of white
Se'Var (noun; lit. 'second resting'): the tenth month of the Gorean calendar, that of the winter solstice, roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of December
Se'Var-Lar-Torvis  (noun): the Second Resting of the Central Fire simply known as Se'Var.
shame badge (noun) sometimes called the Strip of Degradation where male heads will be shaved with a two inch wide stripe from the forehead to the nape of the neck, it shows everyone they have been captive of the Panther Girl's.
shark, marsh  (noun): long bodied, nine-gilled inhabitant of the rence island areas of the marsh, they are almost eel-like.
shark, northern (noun) hunted by the Red Hunters in the northern waters
shark, river  (noun): a narrow black vicious carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin which inhabits the rivers of Gor.
shark, salt (noun): a long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw, several rows of triangular teeth, a sickle- like tail, and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari
sheaf arrow  (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.
shelter trench  (noun): to escape the blistering heat of the Tahari, where temperatures can reach 175 degree's Farenheit, a trench, 4 or 5 feet deep and 18 inches wide is dug.  Temperatures are 50 degrees cooler 1 or two feet below the surface of the desert.  The trench is drawn perpendicular to the path of the sun, so it provides the maximum shade for the longest period of time.
she-quadrupled, modality of  (noun): an instruction whereby the slave performs her regular duties upon hands and knees without the benefit of the use of her hands. In this mode she may not rise to her feet and may use only her mouth and teeth to grasp and manipulate objects.
she-sleen position  (noun): Also known as 'assuming the modality of the she-quadruped.' In this position the slave falls to her hands and knees her head down on the floor her hindquarters upthrust for viewing and/or her Master's pleasure.
she-urts (noun; short for 'she-urts of the wharves'): homeless free girls - runaways, vagabonds, orphans, etc. - who live near the canals in port cities, surviving by scavenging, begging, stealing, and sleeping with paga bsp; attendants; they sleep wherever they find space, and usually wear a brief tunic instead of Robes of
Concealment
shield, Kurii  (noun): a wide iron shield, round and four feet in diameter.
shield, northern  (noun): round and wooden, variously painted, they are reinforced with iron bands, or leather, or small bronze plates.   Hung, overlapping over the side of a ship, they are an indication of peaceful intent.
shield, round  (noun): The round shield is formed from concentric,  overlapping layers of hardened leather riveted together and bound with hoops of brass. It is fitted with the double sling for carrying on the left arm. Normally the Gorean shield is painted boldly and has infixed in it some device for identifying the bearer's city.
shield, signal  (noun): the men of Torvaldsland use different colored shields as a means of communication.  Two that are universal are the red shield which means, 'war', and the white shield meaning, 'peace'.
shield, Turian  (noun): unlike the common Gorean shield, the Turian shield is oval.
shrub, kanda  (noun): A shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots while chewing the leaves has an addictive narcotic.
shrub, kes  (noun): a shrub whose salty blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage, a Gorean soup.
ship bow  (noun): short stout maneuverable bow, easy to use in crowded quarters easy to fire across the bulwarks of galleys locked in combat.
shipping collar (noun): a loose, generic collar worn by slaves when being shipped as cargo
shu (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from oriental calligraphy; represents the sh sound
sidge (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from cuneiform
side-block girl (noun): a slavegirl sold for a fixed price from the side block of a slave auction house, instead of
auctioned from the main block; used disparagingly
sidge  (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from cuneiform.
Sign of the Hammer  (noun): the sign of Thor, made by holding up a clenched fist.  In Torvaldsland, spiritual allegiance is to ancient gods, such as Odin and Thor.
signature knot  (noun):  a complex knot whose tying is known only to the one who invented it.
silk girl (noun): term used by those of Torvaldsland to denote a slavegirl from the southern cities; often used
disparagingly
silk slave (noun): a male pleasure slave; usually in attendance on a free woman
silk worm (noun) presummably brought from earth originally, used in the production of silk
silver ships  (noun):  the name given to gorean space ships used on periodic visits to earth for the harvest of barbarian girls and other goods called 'Voyages of Acquisition'.
silver tarsk  (noun):  a coin considered to be of much value by most goreans.  It is worth 100 copper tarks in most cities.  Ten silver tarks is the equivalent of one gold piece of one of the high cities.  Many gold pieces are standardized against the golden tarn disk of Ar.
silver tubes  (noun) charged cylindrical weapons manually operated; incorporated principles much like the 'Flame Death Mechanism'.
silver yoke  (noun): In Tharna, male slaves are brought into the presence of the Tatrix in a yoke made of solid silver, presumably to show the Tharnan's contempt for riches.  The yoke itself was valuable enough to be the ransom of an Ubar.
sim plant (noun): a rambling, tangled vine-like plant with huge, rolling leaves, raised in the pasture chambers of the
Nest
Singers, Caste of  (noun): One of  the low castes. On Gor the singer or poet is regarded as a craftsman who makes strong sayings he has his role to play in the social structure celebrating battles and histories singing of heroes and cities but also he is expected to sing of living and of love and joy not merely of arms and glory; and too it is his function to remind the Goreans from time to time of loneliness and death lest they should forget that they are men. The Caste name is interchangeable with Caste of Poets.
sip root (noun): a bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine
sirik (noun): a arrangement of chains used to display a slavegirl rather than confine her; it consists of a collar, to
which about five feet of chain is attached; part-way down the chain is a pair of manacles, and the chain terminates in a set of shackles
sirik, work  (noun): resembles the common sirik but the wrists, to permit work, are granted about a yard of chain. Like the common sirik, it is a lovely chain; women are beautiful in it.
six-strap  (noun): one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn, namely to climb steadily and to the left. Six-Strap!
skin bag (noun) like a bota, used to carry various drinks from water to paga, frequently made from verrskin
Skjern  (noun): an island in Thassa, it is located West of bleak, rocky Torvaldsland and north of the northern forests.
slave basket  (noun):  a wicker basket strapped to a tarn to transport slaves.
slave beads  (noun): colorful glass or wooden strings of beads, suitable to be given to kajira at Master's whim.
slave bells (noun): tiny bells which give off a sensual shimmer of sound; threaded by the dozen on thongs or chains, they may be tied or locked around a girl's ankles or wrists, or attached to her collar; are worn or removed only at the whim of a Master
slave belly (noun): the area of the abdomen around the navel; so called because only slavegirls expose their navels
slave blanket  (noun): thin cotton-like blanket woven from the soft fibers of the Rep Plant to protect her from the cold.
slave box (noun): 1) small, square (3x3') iron box, with a door having a viewing aperture of 7"x1/2" in the middle, and a pass-through of 12x2" at the base; a punishment device for slaves;
2) a small ventilated box, barely large enough to contain a slave, sometimes used in the transport & delivery of
slaves after purchase
slave bracelets (noun): manacles; there are 3 links between the wristrings
slave bridle (noun) the male takes the light chain back between the teeth of the girl and holds it, together, behind the neck, thus too, pinning her hands there, helplessly; he then controls her by means of the bridle
slave cage (noun): a small cage, just big enough for a slavegirl to sit or curl up, in which she may be placed as cargo
slave dance (noun): any of the sensuous and lascivious dances performed by slavegirls to entertain their Masters;
designed to display the sexual heat of the performer, and invite her use by Masters; dances include the Belt  Dance, Chain Dance, Dance of the 6 Thongs, Sa-eela, Tile Dance (performed on red tiles), Tether Dance
slave goad (noun): an electrical device, much like a cattle prod, used for controlling and disciplining slaves
slave girtle  (noun): a length of cord tied about a girl to mold a slave tunic to her form and enhance her curves, able to be crisscrossed about the body.
slave harness  (noun): a slave garment or bond not otherwise described.
slave heat (noun): the intense need and passion of a slavegirl
slave hobble (noun): a chain consisting of a wrist-ring and an ankle-ring joined by 7" of chainl it is fastned on one
ankle and the opposite wrist slave hood (noun): a leather hood, having no opening for eyes, mouth, or ears,
which covers a slave's entire head; usually has a gag attachment
slave hood  (noun): a leather hood having no opening for eyes mouth or ears which covers a slave's entire head; usually has a gag attachment.
slave ignorance  (noun): it is sometimes deemed appropriate that slaves be deliberately kept in ignorance, i.e., not knowing the names of their captors, their whereabouts, or what is to be done with them, at the Master's whim.
slave lips (noun): the pursing of a slavegirl's lips as for kissing; often used as a command
slave locker  (noun): a sort of temporary slave box available at a depot for fee carts, for example.  Once the slave has entered the locker, a tarsk bit is inserted which allows for the turning and removal of the key, which the owner pockets until his return.  This kind of slave locker is unattended.
slave mat (noun): a course mat to which area a slavegirl may be ordered for discipline or rape; the girl may not leave the mat unless permitted by her Master
slave orgasm  (noun):  powerful orgasm in which a slave completely yields to the Master.. after which she can never be anything but a man's slave.
slave oval (noun): a method of chain a slavegirl consisting of a hinged iron loop which locks around her waist, with two sliding wrist- rings and a welded ring in the middle of the back
slave pole (noun): imaginary pole that 'transfixes' a dancing girl, by which she is 'held' during her dance
slave perfume (noun): perfumes designed to be worn by slavegirls; they are heavier and more sensual than those designed for free women
slave pole  (noun): imaginary pole that 'transfixes' a dancing girl by which she is 'held' during her dance.
slave porridge (noun): a cold, unsweetened mixture of water and Sa-Tarna meal, on which slaves are fed; in
Torvaldsland, it is called 'bond-maid gruel', and often mixed with pieces of chopped parsit fish
slave rag (noun): see Ta-Teera
slave rape (noun): the sexual use of a slavegirl; may be either tender or brutal, casual or deliberate
slave rape position  (noun): This is a disciplinary position wherein the slave is ordered to lie supine and motionless in preparation for usage.
slave ring (noun): a heavy iron ring, c. 1' in diameter, to which a slave may be secured for security, discipline, or any other reason; often found in floors, interior & exterior walls (either 1' or 3' above the ground), attached to the foot of a Master's sleeping couch, etc.
slave sack  (noun): a sack used primarily to transport slaves that ties off on at one end.
slave stake  (noun): about four and one half feet in length and four inches in width, cut from wood.  At it's top, about two inches from the end, a groove an inch deep is cut.  A long leather tether is attached to a slave's neck and affixed to the stake.  It is used for securing a slave for the night, for example.
slave steel (noun): generic term for collars, chains, siriks, etc. worn by slaves
slave strap (noun): a heavy strap or belt which buckles behind the wearer's back; in front, there is a metal plate with a welded ring, through which passes the 4 hort (5") chain of a pair of slave bracelets; designed to keep the wearer's hand before his body
slave trap  (noun): a trap of powerful steel that is lined by sharp teeth which snap shut on the slave's leg and locks closed until opened by a key. The trap is locked, unlike an animal trap to prevent it being pried open by strong hands.
slave tunic  (noun): a simple, sleeveless, pullover tunic of brown cloth, slit deeply at the hips with narrow shoulder straps, little more than strings .Some have a disrobing loop at the shoulder.
slave veil (noun): a small triangle of diaphanous yellow silk, worn across the bridge of the nose and covering the lower half of the face; it parodies the heavy veils worn by free women, as it conceals nothing and often arouses the lust of Masters
slave wagon (noun): a flat-bedded, barred wagon, like a large cage with a door in the rear, in which many slaves may be transported at one time, their ankles chained to a bar that runs down the center of the floor; tarpaulins are often used to cover the cage & hide the cargo; analogous to an old-fashioned Earth circus wagon
slave whistle  (noun): used in issuing signals summoning slaves and so on.
slave wine: (noun): a black, bitter beverage that acts as a contraceptive; its effect is instantaneous and lasts for well over a month; can be counter-acted with a another, sweet-tasting beverage
slave wire  (noun): a closely interwoven latticework of sharp, swaying strands, set at intervals of less than a hort.  Serves as a confining fence.  It's barbs and prongs could cut a slave to pieces.
Slaver  (noun): any person owning or dealing in human slavery.  While all of the Caste of Slavers are slavers, not all slavers belong to the Caste.
Slaver's Caress (noun): a method of touching, without warning, a slavegirl who is being sold in order to exhibit her slave heat for potential buyers; also known as the Whip Caress, as it is commonly done using a coiled whip
Slavers, Caste of (noun): the sub-caste of the Merchants, one who deals in human merchandise; their caste colors are blue and yellow
Slavers, League of Black (noun): a branch of the Caste of Slavers; they work out of Schendi and its environs
Slaver's Necklace (noun): fanciful term for a coffle of slavegirls
slavery, vengence and contempt  (adv): one form of vengeance slavery is proxy slavery where one woman, totally innocent, is enslaved and made to stand proxy for a hated, but unavailable woman, even being given her name.  Ironically, even though the original woman may be found, the proxy is not released from slavery.
slee (noun): a rodent which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
sleen (noun): a ferocious feline, some 20 feet long, having 6 legs and 2 rows of teeth; there are four types: the prairie sleen, which is tawny; the forest sleen, which is black or brown; the aquatic sea sleen; and the white snow sleen; can be domesticated for herding and tracking
Sleen (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens
sleen knife  (noun):  knife carried, sheathed, at the waist of  Panther Girls.
sleen, forest  (noun): It is long, up to 20 feet, sinuous, black or brown in color. It resembles a lizard, except it is furred and mammalian.  In its attack frenzy it is one of the most dangerous animals on Gor.
sleen, gray (noun): said to be Gor's finest tracker, this six legged sleen is a furred mammal with silver gray fur.  It has an agile, sinuous body, thick as a drum and is 14-15 feet long.  The gray sleen has a  broad triangular head and a huge jaw with two rows of fangs and a dark tongue.  It's widely set eyes have slit-like pupils.  As is true for all sleens, it has six legs.  This breed is relentless and tenacious.  It can follow a scent that is weeks old for a thousand pasangs.
sleen, hunting  (noun): the hunting sleen is a hunter of men.  It is 20 feet in length and weighs eleven hundred pounds. This domesticated forest sleen is double-fanged and six-footed.  It's tail tends to switch back and forth, getting rigid, as it hunts, it's ears flatten against it's head just prior to it's final 'charge' attack on it's prey.
sleen, prairie  (noun): the prairie sleen is tawny in color, and are smaller than the forest sleen, but quite as unpredictable and vicious. Domesticated prairie sleen are used for hunting and nocturnal herd sleen are used as shepherds and sentinels. They are released from their cages with the falling of darkness, responding only to the voice of their master.
sleen, sand (noun) found within the Tahara desert area
sleen, sea  (noun): aquatic mammal that inhabits the polar seas, following the parsit current in search of their main food source, the parsit fish.  There are four main types: black sleen, brown sleen, tusked sleen, flat-nosed sleen.  Some remain under the ice year round, mostly dormant but rising every quarter of an Ahn or so to breathe through cracks in the ice.
sleen, snow  (noun): inhabits the northern regions.  Always white in color.
sleeping mat, chronometric  (noun):  mat  with  power switch  and chronometric temperature device which may be set to have the mat turn cold  before the first light as one has little inclination to remain in a freezing bed.  The mat is rolled up or folded back after each use.
slime worm (noun): a long, slow, blind worm which inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the Sardar; scavenges the remains of the Golden Beetles kills
sloth (noun) found within the rainforest area in the second level
small bow (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.
small people  (noun): a tribe in the jungles of Schendi, not otherwise named.  They are no more than 5 feet in height and weigh about 80 pounds at most.  They have coppery skin and are probably of the Negroid race.  They were slaves of the talunas until Tarl Cabot aided them in capturing  and enslaving  the last of the taluna women.
smoke signs, Red Savage  (noun): a method of messaging over distance, using smoke from a fire set for that purpose.
snake (noun) there is a large variety of poisonous and non-poisonous snakes found in Gor
snake whip  (noun): a whip made of heavy coil, laced with wire and flecks of iron, used primarily on male captive slaves.
soccer-like game  (noun): soccerlike game with the leather ball with goals drawn in the turf played by the Red Hunters.
songfish (noun) see wingfish, cosian
sorp, vosk (noun): a shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls
spear, gorean  (noun) about seven feet in height, heavy, stout, with a tapering bronze head some eighteen inches in length. It is a terrible weapon and, abetted by the somewhat lighter gravity of Gor, when cast with considerable force, can pierce a shield at close quarters or bury its head a foot deep in solid wood.
Spider People  (noun): man-sized arachnids  which inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar; they can communicate in human speech via the mechanical translators they wear around their abdomens; they spin Curlon Fiber which is used in the textile mills of Ar
spider, rock (noun) usually brown or black, their habit size and color suggest that of a rock thus the name
spider, swamp (noun) man sized arachnids (Spider People) which inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar,  they spin Curlon Fiber which is used in the textile mills of Ar
springless wagon  (noun): A wagon commonly used for public transportation for a fee, it has a jolting ride but is chosen many times by Free Women over the leather-slung fee cart because of the relative comfort of its ride.
squirrels, black  (noun) animal of the ground zone of the rain forest.
Stabilization Serums (noun): a series of medical injections which, among other things, retards the aging process; an invention of the Priest-Kings, approved by them for use by humans; administered in 4 injections
staff contest  (noun): a game played, namely at fair-type events, where men compete with staffs in good-natured sport for various prizes.
stake position  (command): When chained at a stake the with this command the slave lies down and  is not permitted to rise even to her knees.
staking, exposure death by (noun): A death from exposure used in Klima for those attempting to escape.  As the term implies, a person is staked to the salt crusts, spread-eagled, until the heat of the Tahari sun kills.
staking, sleen death or punishment by (noun):   an form of execution or punishment used when a Master is done with a slave; he may stake her for sleen, by staking ankles and legs widely apart between two stakes.  The slave is blindfolded and cut on the thigh to draw blood, smearing it across her body, to attract the animal..
state slave (noun): a state owned girl may have various duties, ranging from general cleaning to carrying messages.  State tunics and collars are uniform, sleeveless and plain.  Considered by most states an unenviable slavery.
steel tower  (noun): the visible portion of a spaceship half buried in the Tahari Desert.  It housed a destructive device, and was sent by the Kurii to destroy the planet Gor, hence the Priest-Kings.  Their supposed prize was to be Earth, or Gor, as some believe, a planet to replace their ancient home, a planet destroyed by their own technology.  The destructive device was destroyed at the last moment by Tarl Cabot, who had survived a punishing trip through the dunes, aided by a Kur who was in opposition to the politics of the Kurii.  From this Kur, Cabot received the Tahari Ring.
steel worlds  (noun): an ancient race of Kurii, whose advanced technology contributed to the ruin of their planet, now share a boulder-strewn, enigmatic black space beyond the orbits of Gor, Earth and Mars, living on space ships such as the one found half buried in the Tahari.  Since they have no planet of their own, they seek one, possibly Gor, or even Earth.  The Priest-Kings constantly battle them, and monitor to see that they do not intrude beyond certain atmospheres,  orbiting with the asteroids in their 'steel-world'.
stimulation cage (noun): an ornate, fairly roomy cage, furnished comfortably with fabrics of all kinds, furs, cosmetics, perfumes, jewelry, etc. in which a naked slavegirl in training may be housed; its purpose is to awaken her senses, esp. the tactile senses, to everything in the world around her, so that she may be more pleasing to Masters; in addition, it is just too short or her to stand upright, so that her head is always inclined in a gesture of
submission
sting flies (needle flies)  (noun): Originate in the delta and similar places. It's sting is extremely painful but it is usually not dangerous unless inflicted in great numbers.
Stone (noun): a unit of measurement equal to 4 Earth pounds. There is an official stone, a solid metal cylinder which is kept near the Sardar.  During fairs, cities, on a given day can test their stone against the 'standard' stone
Stones (noun): a guessing game in which one player must guess whether the number of stones hed in the fist of the
second player is odd or even
story skin  (noun):  an artifact of the red savages... a series of  drawings and pictographs on a skin used to tell a story... the beginning of the story is at the center of the skin reading it in a slow spiral outward.. by turning the skin
stranger  (noun):  enemy
Steam of Torvald  (noun): a warm current, pasangs wide, it moves eastward to the coast of Torvaldsland and then north.  It's warm temperature enables communication and re-supply of between the various small farms and communities of this bleak area.  Those of Torvaldsland regard the stream as a gift of Thor, bestowed upon Torvald, legendary hero of the land, in exchange for a ring of gold.
Street of Brands (noun): the city or area in a given city where slavers conduct their business
Street of Coins (noun): the street or area in a given city where banking and other financial transactions take place
Street of the Writhing Slave  (noun): dark narrow street not far from the wharves in Victoria where most renters and dealers in coin girls keep their kennels on this street
street veil (noun): the outermost veil worn by free women; worn over the house veil when leaving the house
street wagon (noun): a light weight wagon, used within a city.
strigil  (noun): usually made of metal in a narrow, spatulate form.  Used at bathing to scrap excess oils and dirt from pores.
stripe of degradation (noun) male heads will be shaved with a two inch wide stripe from the forehead to the nape of the neck. This is known as 'the stripe of degradation' and shows everyone they have been captive of the Panther Girl's.
submission mat (noun): a scarlet mat, used in Tharna, on which a free woman, naked and bound with yellow cords, must submit as slave to her Master, first hearing him recite a ritual poem, then yielding physically
submission, position of female  (noun): the slave kneels before the Master, back on her heels, arms extended, head down between her arms, wrists crossed as though for binding.
sugars, Gorean  (noun): although the flavors of the sugars are not revealed, there are several colors.  White and yellow are described, and other quotes speak of gorean sugars, and in particular four gorean sugars.
sul (noun): a tuberous, starchy vegetable similar to the potato; often served sliced and fried
sula (command; lit.): at this command, a slavegirl will lie on her back, her hands at her sides, palms up, and with her legs spread wide
sullage (noun): a soup made prinicipally from suls, tur-pah, and kes, along with whatever else may be handy
sul paga (noun): alcoholic beverage made from suls; akin to vodka
sul plant (noun): vine with golden leaves.
sun gate (noun): one or several are found in most cities, so called because they are commonly opened at dawn and closed at dusk, their hours of ingress and egress determined by the diurnal cycle.
Sun Lances (noun): a warrior society of the Sleen tribe of Red Savages
Swamp Spiders (noun): man-sized acrachnids which inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar; they can
communicate in human speech via the mechanical translators they wear around their abdomens; they spin
Cur-lon Fiber, which is used in the textile mills of Ar
Sword Brother  (noun): this is a part of the kinship of Warriors no matter what City one belongs to.  If a Warrior sheds the blood of another Warrior, they are considered sword brothers unless the blood on the weapons are formally repudiated.
sword, long (Torvaldsland) (noun): carried in it's own belt looped over the left shoulder which is the common gorean practice.

T
ta  (preposition): to; as in Ta-Sardar-Gor 'to the Priest-Kings of Gor'
tabor (noun): a small drum
Tabor, island of  (noun): the island in the Thassa south of Teletus
tabuk (noun): a kind of antelope, being yellow in color and having a single horn
tabuk!  (exposition): this tarn command is used by the tarnsman on long flights, and does not want to free the bird to find prey.  When he spots a tabuk or other animal, he cries, 'Tabuk!' and this is the signal for the tarn to hunt.  The bird makes it's kill and feeds and the flight resumes with the tarnsman in the saddle.
tabuk, common  (noun):  a kind of antelope, yellow in color with a single horn found in many area's of Gor. It travels in fleet footed herds and haunts the ka-la-na thickets of the planet occasionally venturing daintily into the meadows in search of berries and salt.   It's meat is used as food by men (often as tabuk steak) and animals.  It is a favorite prey of Tarns.
tabuk, northern  (noun): massive tawny and swift is much larger than its smaller southern variety; standing ten hands at the shoulders. They have a single spiralling ivory horn, which at it's base can be 2 1/2 inches in diameter and over a yard in length.  The Red Hunters are irrecovably tired to the tabuk for sustenance and the devices of daily living much like the Wagon Peoples and the bosk, and the Red Savages and the kailiauk.
tabuk, prairie  (noun): described as tawny and gazelle-like with a single horn, it responds to threat by scurrying away or lying down.  Presumably this reponse is useful because of the high grass of the Barrens as most predators depend on vision to detect and locate it's prey.
ta-grape  (noun): edible purple fruit, the size of a small plum,  from which Ta-wine is made, usually associated with the terraces of Cos, but also found in various locales of similar latitude
Tahari Desert  (noun): desert region variously known as the 'Tahari Wastes' lies east of Tor.  It is hundreds of pasangs deep and thousands in length, punctuated by various oasis springs and deep wells.  In some areas, it has been centuries between rains.  Diurnal air temperatures in the shade are in the range of 120 degree's Fahrenheit.  Klima, located far to the east in 'The Wastes' is the location of the infamous salt mines.  The major tribes are the Kavars and the Aretai, and their vassal tribes, such as the Char, the Kashani, the Ta'Kara, the Raviri, the Tashid, the Luraz, and the Bakahs.
Tahari ring  (noun): one of a set of 5 invisibility rings produced by the Kur scientist, Prasdak thousands of years ago.  The Tahari ring, given to Tarl Cabot by a Kur ally, was used by him to help him disarm a destructive device from the Steel Worlds which would have destroyed the planet.  Cabot gave the ring to Samos, who intrusted it to Shaba, a famed explorer credited with discovering the source of the Ua.  Shaba used the ring to aid in his explorations and to entice Cabot to follow him to into the jungle. He needed Cabot to ensure someone would return his many maps and scrolls of exploration to civilized Gor.  He died, as he expected, at the source of the Ua River named for him, Lake Shaba. The ring was returned to Cabot by Bila Haruma, after Shaba's death.
Tajuks (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
Ta'Kara (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars
tankard (noun) a fairly large vessel used frequently to serve ale with large handles on both sides
Tal (noun): greetings; often accompanied with a salute performed by raising the right hand to shoulder level, palm inward
talender (noun): delicate, yellow-petaled meadow flower, symbolic of feminine love and beauty; a crown of talendars is often worn by a free woman during the Companionship ceremoney; worn in a slavegirl's hair, it is a silent plea for her to be raped
talmit (noun): headband
talmit, kajira  (noun): headband worn by work slaves; it can denote girls with authority over other slaves.
talu (noun): a unit a measure equalling 2 gallons
talu bag  (noun): a small bag commonly carried by a nomad herding verr affoot near his camp, but seldom used in caravans except on the saddles of scouts.
taluna (noun; lit. 'panther girl or forest girl'): a free woman who lives as a hunter in small tribes of 15-100 members; they roam the northern forests of Gor
tamber clam (noun) the shells are used a ornaments polished and shined
tanger (noun) a bird found in the second level of canopies of the rainforest
tar (preposition): to Tar-Sardar-Gor (lit. 'To the Priest-Kings of Gor'): ritual phrase recited during the pre- banquet libation in which a few grains of meal, colored salt, and a few drops of wine are placed in a fire; the equivalent of saying grace
tarn (noun): crested, hawk-like bird large enough to be ridden; used in battle and in racing
Tarnburg  (noun): a city in the southern, more civilized, ranges of the Voltai, it is essentially a mountain fortress located two hundred pasangs to the north and east of Hochburg.  This high city is the home of Dietrich of Tarnburg, a renowned military strategist, the victor in multiple engagements, and the innovator of several military techniques, defenses, formations, etc.
tarn cot (noun): building in which domes- ticated tarns are housed
tarn death  (noun): each limb of a person is attached by rope or chain to different tarns and the person is flown aloft then torn apart.
tarn, draft (noun)huge, heavy, slower tarns bred to carry large loads in hanging baskets or pallets over great distances
tarn disk, copper (noun): a unit of currency
tarn disk, gold (noun): a unit of currency, of the highest value on Gor; also made in double- weight; many cities on Gor mint their own money, but the gold tarn disk of Ar is the standard for much of Gor
tarn drums  (noun): drums used in a march during war; the signals are used to control flying tarn armies.
tarn goad (noun): an electrical device, much like a cattle prod, used for controlling tarns; is c. 20" long
tarn keeper (noun): one that oversees tarn handling.
Tarn Keepers,  Caste of  (noun): Those working and training tarns.
tarn, racing (noun) slender, lighter tarns bred for speed and endurance. Racing Tarns are also used by messengers to go from one city-state to another.
tarn ship (noun): a type of ram-ship, being long and narrow, with a shallow draft, a straight keel, a single
lateen-rigged mast, and a single bank of oars; at the prow, below the waterline, is a ram shaped like a tarn's head; it also carries light catapults, shearing blades, and other weaponry
tarntauros  (noun): a legendary creature which is half man and half tarn.  May be compared to the mythical centaur of Earth.
tarn, war (noun) heavier but agile tarns, trained to aid in battle, very ferocious.
tarn whistle  (noun):  tarns on the planet Gor are trained to respond to the shrill, piercing call of the tarn whistle or tarn call; a means of summoning.
tarn wire (noun): razor wire strung between the walls of a city to protect it from aerial attack
tarna (noun): daughter; as in Sa-Tarna 'Life Daughter'.
tarsiers (noun) another creature found within the rainforest, a small animal found within the lower branches area
tarsk (noun): a) porcine animal akin to the Earth pig, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail;
b)copper coin that is the whole coin of least value, equalling 10 tarsk bits
tarsk bit (noun): a copper coin worth from 1/10 to 1/4 of a copper tarsk, depending on the city which mints the coin
tarsk, copper  (noun): a copper coin
tarsk, giant (noun): large cousin of the tarsk, standing 10 hands high at the shoulder
tarsk, silver (noun): a coin considered to be of much value by most goreans.  It is worth 100 copper tarks in most cities.  Ten silver tarks is the equivalent of one gold piece of one of the high cities.  Many gold pieces are standardized against the golden tarn disk of Ar.
Ta-Sardar-Gor  (phrase: lit. 'To the Priest-Kings of Gor'): a libation which varies in formality from the simple statement, loudly proclaimed to a ritual  in which a few grains of meal colored salt and a few drops of wine are placed in a fire.
Ta-Sardar-Var  (noun): directional division of a Gorean map.
Tashid (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
Tassa powser (noun): a reddish powder, usually mixed with red wine, which renders the consumer unconscious
tassna (noun): mother
tasta (noun): 1) founding, as of a city
2) stick candy,  soft, rounded, succulent candies, usually covered with a coating of syrup or fudge, rather in the nature of the caramel apple, but much smaller, and, like a caramel apple, mounted on sticks. the candy is prepared and the the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it. It is then ready to be eaten." ... "These candies are usually sold at such places as parks, beaches, and promenades, at carnivals, expositions and fairs, and at various types of popular events, such as plays, song dramas, races, games, and kaissa matches. They are popular even with children.
Ta-Teera (noun): similar to a slave tunic, but more ragged and revealing; often referred to as the 'slave rag'
Ta-Thassa (phrase; lit. 'to the sea'): ritual phrase invoked during a libation offering of wine, oil, and salt made to
Thassa
Ta-Thassa Mountains  (noun): a mountain range in the southern hemisphere of Gor, it marks the southern border of the rainforest between it and the southern prairies.  It's western border is the shores of the Thassa.
tatrix (noun): title of the female ruler of the city of Tharna
tau (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; corresponds to the Earth letter 'T'
ta-wine  (noun): wines from the ta-grape grown on the terraces of Cos.  The color is not described, but the grape is purple.
Teaching, the  (noun): a dogma, bordering on fanatacism followed by the Waniyampi community, collective slaves of the Kaiila Tribes.  It's circular theme is that 'all' equal 'one', therefore everyone and everything is 'the same'.
tef  (noun): a unit of measure, consisting of a handful of whatever produce (such as dates) is being weighed; 6 tefs
equal one tefa
tefa (noun): 1) a unit of measure equalling 6 tefs, or handfuls; 5 tefas equal 1 huda; 2) a small basket
telekint (noun): a plant of the Tahari; its roots, mashed & mixed with water, provide a red dye
temwood (noun): a tree which produces a black wood that is very strong; ebony
tent, Gorean campaign  (noun): in large fixed camps, the tents of Tarnsmen are circular with a conical roof and have an entrance canopy.  A pennon bearing the insignia of the particular unit is affixed to it's top.  These tents follow the tarnsmen in their flights, borne on supply wagons of the main body.
tenth ahn (noun): tenth 'hour', the Gorean noon
termits (noun) similar to the earth termits
teslik (noun): a plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine
tetrapoli  (noun): a gorean expression which translates as 'Four Cities' or 'Four Towns' .
Tetrapoli, town of  (noun): a town located on the Vosk River.
tharlarion (noun): one of several types of large, carnivorous reptiles, some of which have been domesticated; it's fat is rendered to provide lamp oil
tharlarion boots  (noun): high boots of soft leather worn by riders of high tharlarion to protect their legs from the abrasive hides of their mounts.
tharlarion, broad (noun): sluggish tharlarion used as draft animals; herbivorous
tharlarion, high (noun): agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding; like T. rex, they have very short, almost useless, forlegs; carnivorous
tharlarion, hunting (noun) controlled by bit and bridle, used in hunting, a smaller version then the war tharlarion
tharlarion lance  (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.
tharlarion, land  (noun): land dwelling tharlarion used for towing.  The land tharlarion can swim, though not as efficiently as the river tharlarion.
tharlarion, marsh  (noun): inhabitants of the marshes that comprise the delta of the Vosk; similar to crocodile.
tharlarion, racing  (noun): these high tharlarions are bred and registered for racing.  Unlike the animals used as cavalry, these are chosen from 'medium class' tharlarion, being smaller and ligher.  Famous bloodlines include Venetzia, Toraii, and Thalonian.
tharlarion, river (noun): extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges
tharlarion, rock (noun): a small reptile of the Tahari
tharlarion saddle  (noun): constructed with the leather seat mounted on a hydraulic fitting which floats in a thick lubricant. This saddle is made to absorb shock with the added ability of the seat always being parallel to the ground.
tharlarion, tiny (water)  (noun): described as not much more than 'teeth and tail', this tiny scavenger follows in the wake of the larger water tharlarion and is not more than 6 inches long.  It inhabits the marshes.
tharlarion, torn apart by  (noun): a form of execution that involves ropes being tied to the offender's wrists and ankles. These bindings are attached to two different tharlarion which are then drawn in opposite directions.
tharlarion, trampled by  (noun): form of execution. The offender is bound before a tharlarion and trampled to death or until maimed.
tharlarion, war (noun) a large upright tharlarion guided by voice commands and blows of a spear
tharlarion whip  (noun): a whip used to assist in the control and management of a tharlarion by it's rider.   Though it rarely touches the animal, it is used as a reminder for the tharlarion to listen or pay attention to verbal commands.
Tharna  (noun): a harsh and humorless city once ruled by a Tatrix, NE of Corcyrus, located between Ko-ro-ba and the Sardar.  The city is well known for it's silver mines.  A man who visits in Tharna for more than 10 hours is enslaved.  The slaves of Tharna are native-born to the city and there are supposedly no free women.  The men of Tharna can be recognized by two yellow cords, thrust over the belt which are presented as part of the Home Stone ceremony.  It is said that Lara, the former Tatrix, has now abdicated. The Caste of Poets is outlawed here.
Tharna tie (noun): in this binding, the ankles are crossed and bound the head tied down.  This tie is fastened by a short tether running back to ankles hands tied behind the back.  Originating in Tharna, it can be used with chains collar etc.
Tharna's yellow cords  (noun): all Tharnan men have 2 yellow cords about 18 inches long, commonly worn in their belt. These cords are presented to them as youth's as part of the Home Stone ceremony. They represent the mastery of men, and are suitable for binding a female hand and foot.  In the same ceremony, young women are brought into the presence of the Home Stone, though they are not allowed to kiss it as do the men.  They are stripped, collared, and bound by the young men.  By virture of this ceremony, the females are now counted as slave.
Thassa (noun): the sea
Thentis  (noun): located in the Thentis Mountains, it is  renowned for raising tarn flocks and growing blackwine beans.
Thentis veminium  (noun): a bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower ranges of the Thentis mountains; used in perfumes.
Theory of the Sun Shield  (noun): the theory that Gor has existed for thousands of years, orbiting directly opposite Earth, on the far side of the Sun.
tidbit (noun) A small, thin legged bird which lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa
thief's brand  (noun):  tiny  1/4  inch  three-pronged  brand  worn  on  the  cheek  of  those  of  the  Caste  of  Thieves, who are found only  in  Port  Kar .
Thigh!  (interjection): this command might be given to a female or to the Free person with a female, who is not identified.  It essentially means, show your brand.
Thieves, Caste of (noun): the caste of those who make their living by stealing, robbery, picking pockets, etc.;
exists only in Port Kar
thief's scar  (noun): a tiny, three-pronged brand burned onto the upper right cheekbone of the Caste of Thieves.  Port Kar the only City to recognize this Caste.
Third Knowledge (noun): that which, if it exists, is reserved for the Priest-Kings
thrall  (noun): a male slave in Torvaldsland.
Threads of Leather (noun) steel collar encasing a girl's throat with threads of leather from it, opening in the back by a collar lock
throat strap  (noun): the throat strap is used to guide the tarn in flight via six leather streamers or reins.  They are attached to it and strung through a metal ring on the forward part of the saddle.   These straps, when pulled by the tarnsman, will exert pressure on a corresponding ring on the throat strap, hence communicating to the tarn which way to move.
throwing stick  (noun): a buoyant curved stick used in the marshes to hunt and kill birds.
Ti (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
tibit (noun): a small, thin-legged bird which lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa; sandpiper
tile dance  (noun): dance  performed on red tiles.   It commonly signifies the restlessness of a love-starved slave girl.
tindel, fruit  (noun): brightly plumaged bird living in the second level of the rainforest near Schendi.
Tola, Feast of (noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Nuptial Flight of the Mother
Tolam, Feast of (noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Deposition of the First Egg
Tolama, Feast of (noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Hatching of the First Egg
toos (noun): a crab-like organism with overlapping plating; inhabits the Nest and scavenges on discarded fungus
spores
top blanket  (noun): the blanket cloak or covering thrown over a girl.  It is an an unspoken command to be still and quiet.
topaz  (noun): the original Home Stone of the port city of Victoria  stolen by pirates one hundred years before it's rediscovery by Tasdron.  It was found broken in two pieces, each presented by him to Aemilianus and Callidorus as a gesture of comradeship and solidarity between the cities of Ar's Station, Victoria and Port Cos.  Another stone would replace the original broken one as the new Home Stone of Victoria.
tor (noun): light
Toratti  (noun): a magistrate who has a responsibility of record keeping in a district or city.
Torcadino  (noun): because of it's location at the intersection of various routes, the Genesian, the Northern Salt Line, the Northern Silk Road, the Pilgrim's Road, and the Eastern Way (or Treasure Road), Torcadino is a crossroads city.  Once an ally of Ar, it served  as Cosian stronghold and staging center, until reclaimed by Deitrich of Tarnburg.  Torcadino is also notable for it's two aqueducts, built a century ago, which bring fresh waer from the Issus, a northwestwardly flowing tributary of the Vosk River.
Tor, city of  (noun): major trading city of the Tahari.
tor shrub  (noun):  translated  as  the  'bright  shrub'  or  the  'shrub  of  light'  because  of  it's  abundant  bright  flowers  either  yellow  or  white  depending  on the  variety.  It  flowers  in  the  fall.
Tor-Tu-Gor (noun; lit. 'light upon the Home Stone'): the sun torvis (noun): fire
torturers, clan of  (noun): found only among the Wagon Peoples, they are trained as carefully as scribes or physicians in the arts of detaining life.  Though some are famous for services rendered to Initiates and Ubars, they are always hooded.  The hood is removed only when the sentence is death, so that only condemned men have seen what lies beneath it.
Torvaldsland  (noun): cruel, harsh, rocky land located NW of the Hrimgar Mountains, above the Northern Forests and below the Polar Plain with which it shares the shores of the Arctic Sea.  There are many inlets, cliffs and mountains and little arable land.  Good soil is rare and highly prized.  The Torvaldslanders are seamen, travelling in their oared Serpent ships in search of parsit fish.  Their men, fierce and aggresive warriors, prefer the great axe as their weapon.
Torvaldsland, creation of Men of  (legend): according to Gorean legend, man was formed from the mud of the earth and the blood of tarns by the Priest-Kings.  In Torvald legend, man was formed from the hoe, water, and salt by the Gods to serve as their slaves.  Those of Torvaldsland share an addendum to this story.  One of the Gods, curious, careless, or, perhaps angry, threw his own axe to the ground and poured paga and his own blood upon it.  The axe laughed, lept up and fled so fast no Gods could catch him.  He became the father of the men of Torvaldsland.
Torvaldsland great axe (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.
Torvaldsland longhouse  (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.
Torvaldsland war arrow  (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.
Torvald, steam of  (noun): a warm current, pasangs wide, it moves eastward to the coast of Torvaldsland and then north.  It's warm temperature enables communication and re-supply of between the various small farms and communities of this bleak area.  Those of Torvaldsland regard the stream as a gift of Thor, bestowed upon Torvald, legendary hero of the land, in exchange for a ring of gold.
torvis  (noun): fire; as in Lar-Torvis 'The Central Fire'.
tospit (noun): small, wrinkled, yellowish-white peachlike fruit, about the size of a plum, which grows on the tospit bush, patches of which are indigenous to the drier valleys of the eastern Cartius.  They are bitter but edible, and are sometimes served sliced and sweetened with honey, and in syrups, and to flavor, with their juices, a variety of dishes.  They are also carried on sea voyages to prevent nutritional deficiencies.  They almost always have an odd number of seeds, except for the rare, long-stemmed ones.
tower slave (noun): a state slavegirl in any of the cities of Gor; her duties in the apartment cylinders are largely
domestic; traditionally, she kneels with her knees together & with her wrists crossed in front of her, as if for binding
tower slave position  (position): a position used frequently by domestic slaves with thighs closed and hands resting with wrists crossed on legs.
transport collar (noun): a collar with a metal tag attached listing destination or other vital information, to be used during transport of a slave.
tree, flower  (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.
tree, Hogarthe  (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.
tree, ka-la-na  (noun): a tree with very strong yellow wood used for making bows; the fruit of the ka-la-na is used to make ka-la-na wine.
tree, tem-wood (noun): in Turia, found in groves; linear, supple and black
tree, tur (noun):  described as reddish and large-trunked, it is found in Turia.  The realm of Turia is said to have taken it's name from a solitary Tur tree found planted long ago on the plains.
Treve  (noun): little known city that lies among the vast terrain of the rugged Voltai, 700 pasangs north of Ar.  It's location is secret and is said to be accessible only by tarn. Sometimes called 'The Tarn of the Voltai' because of it's lofty perch.
trident  (noun): 3 pronged fish spear, used by the arena fighters called Fishermen.
trough (noun) found within feeding rooms for staff female slaves, filled with slave porridge
tu (noun): on; upon
tu (prhase): you are
Tuchuk (noun):  the fiercest of the four tribes of the Wagon Peoples.  Tuchuk philosophies and personality are personified by it's secret Ubar, Kamchak.  A proud, cunning, lusty, brawling, exceptionally skilled warrior who disguises his considerable intellect and deadly, aggressive spirit beneath wit and a broadly sketched 'who me?' befuddlement.  These nomads have encampments of thousands of gaily painted wagons, their herds of the reverenced bosk, often numbering into the millions, surrounding them.  Throughout the day, the camps are teeming with scarred warriors, kaiila, clad Kajir slaves, dour free women, haruspexes and domesticated sleen.  All Tuchuk men are expected to defend their encampment, so there are no castes as such, but clans, such as healers, leather workers and salt seekers exist, including the clan of torturers.  The Tuchuk warrior prays to the 'Spirit of the Sky' on kaiila-back with his weapons at hand, demanding victory and luck for themselves, defeat and misery for their enemies, primarily Turia.  '...chief of the things before which the proud Tuchuk stands ready to remove his helmet is the sky, the simple, vast beautiful sky, from which falls the rain that, in his myths, formed the earth, the bosks, and the Tuchuks.
tufted fisher (noun): a waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi
Tu Kajira  (phrase; declarative): You are a slave.
tulena (noun) these are the southern version of  panther girls or forest girls
tumit (noun): large flightless bird, about the size of an ostrich, having an 18'-long hooked beak; carnivorous
tun, alphabet  (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; calligraphically derived from demotic.
tun, geographic  (noun): directional division of a Gorean map.
tunic, chain  (noun): a slave garb or bond of Tyros not otherwise described.
tunic, free man's  (noun): a garb which may be a wrap around style that hangs to mid thigh.  It is closed by brooch or pin which must be set to allow unhindered access to his sword.
tunic, slave  (noun): a simple, sleeveless pullover tunic of brown cloth, slit deeply at the hips with narrow shoulder straps, little more than strings.Some have a disrobing loop at the shoulder.
tur (noun): a reddish tree having a large trunk
tureen (noun) a large container used to carry food such as soups
Turia  (noun): a major city-state of Gor situated south of the equator on the plains of Turia. Turia is said to be named for the Tur tree, especially one found near a stream. Turia counts it years from summer solstice to summer solstice.  It's wealth and opulence is well known and the city is often referred to as the 'Ar of the south'.  At the time of Tarl Cabot's first visit inside the walled, nine-gated stronghold, she had never been conquered.  For hundreds of years, she had maintained an uneasy trade relationship with the inhabitants of the plains, the nomadic Tribes of the Wagon Peoples. Sacked and conquered by Kamchak, the eventual Ubar San of the Wagon Peoples, she was ultimately spared, her Home Stone untouched out of sentiment.  The mother of the Ubar San had been Turian.
turf knife  (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.
Turia (noun): a major city-state of Gor, located south of the equator; named for the single Tur tree found at the bank of the stream by which it was built; celebrates the New Year at the summer solstice; often referred to as the 'Ar of the South'
Turian camisk  (noun):  a  style  of  camisk  worn  by  slaves  in  the  city-state  of  Turia;  cloth  shaped  like  an  inverted  'T'  with  a  beveled  crossbar  fastened  behind  the  neck  &  falls  before  the  wearer's  body;  the  crossbar  then  passes  between  her  legs  &  is  then brought  forward  snugly  at  the  hips,  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
Turian collar  (noun): a collar which fits more loosely and resembles a hinged ring looped about the throat.  A man can get his fingers inside a Turian collar and use it to drag the girl to him.
Turian knee walk (noun): mentioned, but not described except that it is sometimes used by slave dancers.
Turian shield  (noun): unlike the common Gorean shield, the Turian shield is oval.
Turian wine (noun) said to be thick and sickeningly sweet.
Turmus  (noun): last major port on the Vosk before the marshes
turnip (noun) a vegetable like the earth vegetable with the same name.
tur-pah (noun): an edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on the tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage
turtle, Vosk  (noun): can grow to be gigantic, these animals are carnivorous, aggressive and persistent.  Can be difficult to kill.
twentieth ahn (noun): twentieth 'hour', the Gorean midnight
two strap  (noun): one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn, namely to climb steadily and to the right; it is also a command used for a Tarn who has been trained in verbal cues.  Two-Strap!
Tyros  (noun): an island of the Thassa, 400 pasangs west of Port Kar and one hundred pasangs south of Cos. It's capitol city is Kasra. Another major city is Tentium.  Tyros is a rugged mountainous island known for it's vart caves. The varts are trained to be used as weapons. 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.

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Ua River  (noun): a vast river found in the Ukanga Region of the Jungles of  Schendi, it winds between Lake Shaba and Lake Ngao. It is navigable, and the splendor of it's scenery and the variety of life and resources around it are eloquently described. Ua is an inland word for flower. It's source is Lake Shaba.
ubar (noun): war chief
ubar san (noun, lit. 'one ubar'): war chief chosen to be supreme commander of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples
ubara (noun): the Free Companion (consort) of a ubar
ubarate (noun): the territory governed by a ubar
Ugly Acts  (noun): term for heterosexual sex used by the Sames, also known as the Waniyanpi, a collective slave community of the Red Savages.  Sex is monitored by their owners and is performed, en masse, on an appointed day, the male and female slaves being hooded and brought to a maize field for breeding.
ul (noun): Giant carnivorous Pterodactyl or Pteranodon, Native to the Vosk delta
ulo  (noun): woman's knife of the Red Hunters.  It has semicircular blade in a wooden handle which is not suitable for carving, but good for cutting meat and sinew.
umbrella bird  (noun): bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi.
umiak  (noun): a type of kayak used by the Red Hunters.  It is made of tabuk skin, stretched over a framework of driftwood and long bows of bone  and lashed together with sinew cords.
urt (noun): a small, silken-furred rodent akin to the Earth rat; it has three rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns
urt, brush (noun) small and similar to the earth rat
urt, canal  (noun): rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar.
urt, forest  (noun): nocturnal animal living in the forests, hunted by the hook-billed night crying fleer.
urt, giant  (noun): fat, sleek, and white, it has 3 rows of needle-like white teeth and 4 horns.
urt, gliding  (noun): animal living in the canopies of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
urt, ground (noun): a small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi
urt hunter  (noun): men who attach ropes to the necks of slave girls and swim them in the canals to attract canal urts.  The urts are speared as they rise to the bait.  The urt hunters are credited with keeping the urt population of the canals manageable.
urt, leaf (noun): a small tree-dwelling rodent, having 4 toes, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi; tree sloth
urt people  (noun): the urt people are narrow-shouldered and narrow-chested, measuring only three and a half feet tall when upright with a narrow, elongated face and rather large, ovoid eyes.  They have  long, thin arms and short, spindly legs along with a bent-over gai,t often bringing the knuckles to the ground, and commonly kept inconspicuously among the large, migratory urt packs.
urt, tree (noun): a small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi
Urt Soldiers (noun): a warrior society of the Yellow Knife tribe of Red Savages
use discipline  (noun): a punishment which avows the free man's prerogative to sexually use a house-owned girl as discipline.  There are examples which state that these rights are governed by a Code, wherein a girl may not be used or disciplined without the permission of her owner.
use-master  (noun): a master that is given temporary use of a girl by her owner
use-name  (noun):  a practice, apparently supported by First Knowledge, which is followed by members of lower castes.  Their 'real' name is held privately.  Their 'use-name' is public knowledge. The belief is that public knowledge of their real name allows someone to have power over them.
Ushindi fisher  (noun): long-legged, wading bird near the Schendi; long, white, curling feathers used for headdresses.

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val (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from demotic Egyptian
vangis  (noun): type of produce sold at market; detailed description unavailable.
var (noun): resting
var (conj.): where
vart (noun): blind, bat-like flying rodent, about the size of a small dog
vart, brown  (noun): carnivorous animals that rest clinging upside down on branches.
vart, jungle (noun): a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
Vask  (noun): signifies south on a Gorean compass.
vat (noun) a large container where drinks are stored and other containers are dipped to fill them and be able to carry the drinks to the customers of a tavern
veck (verb): stand
veil (noun): a covering or coverings for the face, worn by free women in many city-states; up to five are worn see
also house veil, last veil, pride veil, street veil, veil of the citizeness
veil, freedom  (noun): the second in the layer of veils worn by Free women also called the 'veil of the citizeness'.
veil, house  (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.
veil, intimacy  (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.
veil, last  (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.
veil of the citizeness (noun): the second of the veils worn by free women; worn under the pride veil and over the last veil
veil, pride  (noun): the third veil worn by free women; worn under the house veil and over the veil of the citizeness.
veil, rep-cloth  (noun): a rough veil worn by Free women of lower caste.
veil, slave  (noun): a small triangle of diaphanous yellow silk worn across the bridge of the nose and covering the lower half of the face; it parodies the heavy veils worn by free women as it conceals nothing and often arouses the lust of masters.
veil, street  (noun): the outermost veil worn by free women; worn over the house veil when leaving the house
veminium (noun): a bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower ranges of the Thentis mountains; used in
perfumes
veminium bird  (noun): a bird with a beautiful song not otherwise described.
veminium, desert (noun): small, purplish flower found in the Tahari; used in perfumes
veminium oil  (noun): by-product of Veminium petals being boiled in water; a scented oil used in middle to upper-class homes to rinse hands before and after eating.
veminium, Thentis  (noun): a bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower ranges of the Thentis mountains; used in perfumes.
Venna  (noun): a resort city west of Voltai and 200 pasangs north of Ar, between Ar and the Vosk River on the Viktel Aria.  Well known for it's tharlarion races, it is a common locale for the villas of the rich, usually from Ar.
verr (noun): a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai Mountains; wild, agile, ill-tempered, with long hair and spiraling horns; source of a form of wool; it milk is potable, as well as being used for cheese
verr grass  (noun): a brownish grass that grows, stubbornly, in the shaded spots of
the Tahari.
verr milk  (noun): sometimes sold in open markets from a brass container, carried on a strap and served in tiny brass cups.
Victoria  (noun): port town located on the Vosk River, one of the founding members and headquarters of the Vosk League. Known as a haven for pirates, and for it's slave markets.
viktel (noun): triumph
Viktel Aria  (noun): a military road, the phrase translates as 'Triumph of Ar', or, 'Ar's Triumph'.  In it's more northern lengths it is called the Vosk Road and it's northern terminus is Ar's Station.
vint  (noun): tiny, sand-colored insects found in the Tahari Desert.
virgin bell  (noun): single bell sometimes worn on a Free Woman's left ankle to announce her availability to swains.
Voltai Mountain Range  (noun): a range commonly called the Red Mountains because of the dull reddish color of the rock caused by deposits of iron oxide; it is located east of Ar and south of the Vosk river and stretches from there to the Tahari Desert. The Voltai are the eastern border of known Gor.
Vosk Delta  (noun): at the mouth of the Vosk River, where it empties into the Tamber Gulf and the Thassa beyond, is a marshland thousands of square pasangs deep of estuarial wilderness. The marshes can be traversed in small rush crafts through hundreds of shallow, constantly shifting channels.  The delta is inhabited, particularly in the east, by communities of rence growers who eke out a living harvesting rence. The Vosk Delta is trackless and treacherous, and the habitat of the marsh tharlarion and the predatory Ul. The entire area is claimed by Port Kar which lies within it, some hundred pasangs from it's northwestern edge.
Vosk League (noun): an alliance of 19 towns (Fina, Forest Port, Hammerfest, Iskander, Jasmine, Jort's Ferry, Point Alfred, Port Cos, Ragnar's Hamlet, Sais, Siba, Sulport, Tafa, Tancred's Landing, Tetrapoli, Turmus, Ven,
Victoria, White Water) formed to keep the Vosk River clear of pirates & to promote trade
Vosk River  (noun): Gor's mightiest river, flowing thousands of pasangs in a slightly southwesterly direction from it's source in the Voltai Range to the marshes of the Vosk Delta, the Tamber Gulf, and on the the Thassa, it rampages across most of known Gor, over forty pasangs broad..  The scene of mighty naval battles, involving fleets of warships, it is under constant threat from river pirates and cities who would control it's merchant trade.  The Vosk League, a political and protective alliance, was formed to promote trade interests by the towns along it's banks
vosk sorp (noun) a shellfish common especially in the Vosk river similar to an oyster, like an oyster it manufactures pearls
vosk carp (noun) a water fish about the size of a march turtle
Voyages of Acquisition (noun): voyages made to Earth by the Priest-Kings to gather biological samples; this
perhaps accounts for the similarity in many animals, as well as in language and culture, between Earth and Gor
vulo (noun): a tawny-colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs

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wader, ring-necked (noun): a variety of waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi
wader, yellow-legged (noun): a variety of waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi
wagmeza  (noun): Red Savage word for maize.
wagmu  (noun): Red Savage word for corn.
wagon, cage  (noun): used to transport both male and female slaves, this wagon has bars surrounding it that can be light or heavy in strength depending on the slaves transported; male slaves are commonly chained by neck, ankles and wrists to wooden stalls within.
wagon, common slave  (noun): used to transport female slaves, it is covered in yellow and blue canvas with a single central bar running the length of the floor where the girl's ankles are attached; this bar is hinged on one end, near the wagon box, and locked near the wagon's gate.
wagon, display  (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.
wagon, ice  (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
wagon, justice  (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.
Wagon Peoples (noun): a fierce, migrating people consisting of four nomadic tribes that wander the Plains of Turia, living in huge, elaborate wagon homes.  They grow no food, nor will they eat anything that has touched the dirt, living entirely on the meat and milk of the bosk.  There is no known manufacturing.  They are called herders and killers and are among the proudest peoples of Gor, regarding city dwellers as vermin in holes.
Wagon Peoples helmet  (noun): conical iron helmet fur-rimmed a net of colorful chains dangling before the face to protect leaving only an opening for the eyes.
wagon, road  (noun): describes a heavier wagon in comparison to one used within a city.
wagon, springless  (noun): A wagon commonly used for public transportation for a fee, it has a jolting ride but is chosen many times by Free Women over the leather-slung fee cart because of the relative comfort of its ride.
wagon, street  (noun): a light weight wagon, used within a city.
wagons, Wagon Peoples  (noun): square, the size of a room, brightly colored, each drawn by a double team of bosk.  The black, lacquered tem-wood wagon box which stands six feet from the ground, supports a rounded, tent-like frame covered with taut, painted, varnished bosk hide.  The wheels have a diameter of 10 feet, the front wheels slightly smaller than the rear.  The interiors are often lushly appointed, filled with chests and silk cushions, and ankle-deep, intricately wrought carpets,  lit by hanging tharlarion oil lamps.  In the center of the wagon is a small, shallow, copper, fire bowl with a raised brass grating.  Some cooking may be done here, but it primarily provides heat, the smoke escaping through a smoke hole at the dome of the tent-like covering.
Waiting Hand (noun): the 5-day period between the 12th Passage Hand and the beginning of the New Year, which begins on the Vernal Equinox
walking chains (noun): adjustable chains fastened on the ankles of a slavegirl to train her to walk with the length of stride preferred by her Master
wands, perimeter  (noun): marking the boundary or Ihanke of The Barrens are hundreds of  markers, seven to eight feet high made of peeled Ka-la-na wood, tipped with yellow, black-tipped feathers of the Herlit.
Waniyanpi  (noun; lit. tame cattle): also known as 'The Sames', a community of slaves who exist in the domains of the Kaiila Tribes.  They are owned collectively by the tribes within the lands they inhabit. They grow produce and furnish labor when required.  They subscribe to a unisex ethos, bound by 'The Teaching' a cult-like dogma of 'sameness' which says that males, females, animals, vegetables, minerals and abstract concepts are all equal to one.  Among the many oddities is their aversion to  heterosexual sex. They breed publically, though anonymously, monitored by their owners at specified times. Homosexuality is tolerated.
walled garden (noun): term used for the place highborn Free women are raised in until a suitable suitor is found.
war arrow  (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.
warbler (noun) this bird is found in the second level of the canopies of the rainforest
Warriors, Caste of (noun): the caste which includes infantry, tharlarion cavalry, and tarnsmen; one of the five High Castes which make up Gorean government, and as such the military branch of the government; their caste
color is red or scarlet
Warrior's Code  (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.
Warrior Societies  (noun): societies within the tribes of the Red Savages that have many functions.  They keep order in the camps and on treks, function as guards and police, keep the tribes apprised as to the movements of the kailiauk, and help to organize and police tribal hunts.They provide institutions through which merit can be recognized and rewarded, traditions can be maintained and renewed. Their rivalries provide an outlet for inter-tribal aggressions.  Within the society itself, the members profit from the values of alliance, camaraderie, and friendship.  Each society has its own medicines and histories.
Warrior's Pace (noun): a slow jog that can be maintained for hours
washing booth  (noun): similar to showers, these use chemicals to cleanse muls in the Nest of the Priest Kings; they are placed within apartments and about the Nest.
wasnaphodi  (noun): Kailla or Dust Leg term meaning pimples.
water (noun) (as a drink) Spring water from the mountains or from the liana vine or carpet plants from the rain forest area inland of Schendi.
Weight (noun: a unit of measurement equal to 10 Stone, or 40 Earth pounds
wergild  (noun): a ransom or bribe. A man who is an outlaw can redeem himself by paying a wergild to the official who sets it.  Once paid he is 'pardoned' no longer an outlaw.
whale, baleen  (noun): bluish white spotted whale with a blunt fin, hunted by the Red Hunters.
whale, Hunjer  (noun): toothed whale hunted by the Red Hunters.
whale, Karl  (noun): four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters
Whip Dance  (noun): a girl dances under the whips of Masters.
Whip Caress (noun): see Slaver's Caress
Whip of the Furs (noun): a method of disciplining slavegirls by rape rather than by flogging; esp. popular in
Torvaldsland
whipping ring (noun) an overheard ring to which a slave can be tethered, the ring may be lowered or raised
Whip Knife (noun): a whip with razors embedded in the tip
Whip of the Furs  (noun): a method of disciplining slave girls by rape rather than by flogging; esp. popular in Torvaldsland.
whip, tharlarion  (noun): a whip used to assist in the control and management of a tharlarion by it's rider.   Though it rarely touches the animal, it is used as a reminder for the tharlarion to listen or pay attention to verbal commands.
white ants (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
white grunt, eggs of  (noun): described as clustered, tiny black eggs of the white grunt served in a small golden cup with a small golden spoon.
White Water  (noun): city located on the northern shore of the Vosk River, east of Tancred's Landing.
white-silk girl  (noun): a virgin or as is said on Gor, a slave who has not been 'opened by men'.
Wicayuhe  (noun): Kaiila and Dust Leg word meaning Master, see also Itancanka.
wicincala  (noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg word meaning girl.
wihinpaspa  (noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg word meaning lodge-pin or tent-pin.
wine crater (noun) a drinking vessel found within the Isle of Cos
wine master presentation  (noun): in which the slave offers not only wine to the master, but herself and her beauty for his consideration.
wineskin, greased  (noun): item used in a carnival-type game that entails a Free Man balancing ,for an allotted time, usually an ehn,  on a filled wineskin that has the surface greased. Many times the prize is the full wineskin.
wingfish, cosian (noun): 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, also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song
Wismahi  (noun): the Bracelets Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
wolakota  (verb): Kaiila term meaning peace, friendship.
woodpecker, ivory-billed  (noun): bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schend.i
Woodsmen,  Caste of  (noun): known also as Caste of Carrier's of Wood, individuals in this Caste are often very large and can frequently be seen carrying burdens of wood.  This Caste, with the Caste of Charcoal Makers, provides fuel for the cities.
wopeton  (phrase): red savage term meaning Trader or Merchant.
work chain  (noun): work gangs ostensibly free but often 'conscripted' or 'drafted'.  They are free labor but not slave.  The chains are identified by color as depending on their purpose, such as 'black', 'red', or 'yellow'.
work slave  (noun): a category of slaves consisting of field slaves, stable slaves, etc.  These females are considered, like kettle and mat girls, to be low slaves.
wrist thong (noun) a loop of leather placed around the wrist of a captured female, it's double looped run through itself and tightened so she may be led by the wrist

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Year Keepers  (noun): those that keep in memory the year names for the Wagon Peoples sometimes on thousand consecutive names.
yellow-breasted hermit (noun): a bird of the Northern Forest, it beats with a sharp beak against trees, such as the Tur tree,  to hunt for larvae.
Yellow-Kaiila Riders (noun): a warrior society of the Kaiila tribe of Red Savages
Yellow Knives (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens

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zad (noun): a large, broad-winged, black-&- white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak, found in the
Tahari; they scavenge on carrion; similar to the Earth vulture
zad, jungle (noun): a cousin of the Tahari zad; found in the rainforest inland of Schendi
zad, tahari  (noun) more aggressive then the Jungle Zad it's cousin
zadit (noun): a small, tawny-feathered, sharp- billed bird of the Tahari; insectivorous, feeding on sand flies and other similar insects; they often land a kaiila and spend long periods hunting the sand flies that infest the host animal
Zar  (noun): a board game of the Tahari.  The board is marked in squares,  but the pieces, 9 per player and called 'pebbles', are placed at the intersections of the lines.   Movement is somewhat like that of checkers, but without capturing of pieces.  The object of the game is to effect a complete exchange of the original placement of the pieces.
zarlit fly  (noun): large, harmless, purple insect about two feet long with 4 long,  translucent wings, with a span of about a yard.  It is able to walk on top of water because of it's padlike feet and feeds on small insects.
Zart (noun): a boardgame of the Tahari; the board is marked like a Kaissa board, but the pieces - 9 per player, and  called 'pebbles' - are placed at the intersections of the lines; movement is somewhat like that of checkers, but
without capturing of  pieces; the object of the game is to effect a complete exchange of the original placement
of the pieces
zeder (noun): a small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi, esp. along the Ua River; grows to c. 2' and weighs 8-10 lbs; is diurnal, can swim very well, & builds a stick-&-mud nest in the branches of a tree, where it spends the night
Zevar (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai