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