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| Sleen (noun): one of the wilder tribes of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens. ~Savages of Gor, page 85~ Sleen knife (noun): knife carried, sheathed, at the waist of Panther Girls. ~Captive of Gor, page 122~ 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. ~Captive of Gor, page 155~ ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 185~ ~Beasts of Gor, pages 12-13~ 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. ~Dancer of Gor, pages 160-161~ 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. ~Beasts of Gor, pages 12-13~ 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. ~Nomads of Gor, pages 2 and 9~ ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 185~ 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. ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 185~ ~Beasts of Gor, page 38~ Sleen, snow (noun): inhabits the northern regions. Always white in color. ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 185~ 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. ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 60~ 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 ~Priest-Kings of Gor page 186~ 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. ~Explorers of Gor, pages 390-393 and 397-399~ Smoke signs, Red Savage (noun): a method of messaging over distance, using smoke from a fire set for that purpose. ~Savages of Gor, page 255-256~ Snake whip (noun): a whip made of heavy coil, laced with wire and flecks of iron, used primarily on male captive slaves. ~Marauders of Gor, page 105~ ~Beasts of Gor, pages 157 and 161~ Soccer-like game (noun): soccerlike game with the leather ball with goals drawn in the turf played by the Red Hunters. ~Beasts of Gor, page 193~ Sorp (noun): a shellfish common esp. in the Vosk river similar to an oyster; like an oyster it manufactures pearls ~Nomads of Gor page 20~ 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. ~Outlaw of Gor, page 21~ 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 ~Tarnsman of Gor page 81~ Squirrels, black (noun): animal of the ground zone of the rain forest. ~Explorers of Gor, page 312~ 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. ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 124~ ~Assassin of Gor, page 30 and 31~ ~Captive of Gor, pages 93 - 97~ ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 282~ ~Dancer of Gor, pages 472-474~ Staff contest (noun): a game played, namely at fair-type events, where men compete with staffs in good-natured sport for various prizes. ~Magicians of Gor, page 40~ 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. ~Vagabonds of Gor, page 386~ 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. ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 265~ 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.. ~Hunters of Gor, page 230 -231~ |