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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.
~Outlaw of Gor, page 103~

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.
~Marauders of Gor, page 18~

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.
~Beasts of Gor, pages 195-196~

Porcupine, long-tailed (noun): animal of the canopy level of the rainforest.
~Explorers of Gor, page 311~

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.
~Raiders of Gor, pages 6 and 103~

Port Olni (noun): city located on the North bank of the Olni River. A member of the Salerian Confederation.
~Savages of Gor, page 88~

Pot girl (noun): a slave girl whose main function is cooking and other menial tasks; used
~Assassin of Gor, page 164~

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.
~Magicians of Gor, page 20~

Pride (noun): a military unit consisting of 100 Warriors.
~Tarnsman of Gor, page 27~

Priest-King (noun): Sardar; golden insect-like creatures about a yard wide and almost 18 feet tall with six legs and globe-like head. Keepers of the Sacred Place in the Sardar Mountains.
~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 75~

Priest-Kings, symbol of (noun): described as a golden circle, which has no beginning or end; the symbol of eternity.
~Beasts of Gor, page 46~

Prison Moon (noun): of the three moons orbiting Gor, the name given to one of the two smaller ones.
~Assassins of Gor, page 170~

Prition (noun): title of a treatise on bondage written by Clearchus of Cos.
~Blood Brothers of Gor, page 139~
~Magicians of Gor, page 194~

Profalarina (adverb): 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.
~Savages of Gor, page 203~
~Dancer of Gor, page 128~

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.
~Kajira of Gor, page 305~

Quala (noun): (pl. qualae) tiny, three-toed mammal, dun-colored with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair.
~Tarnsman of Gor, page 140 - 141~
~Raiders of Gor, page 4~

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.
~Tarnsman of Gor, page 100~
~Raiders of Gor, page 2~

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.
~Renegades of Gor, page 18~

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.
~Nomads of Gor, pages 11, 67, and 124~

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.
~Guardsman of Gor, page 225~
~Mercenaries of Gor, page 215~