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*Assassins, Caste of
-(noun): the caste of those who kill for pay; exists only in Ar; their caste color is black
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 6
*bargemen, Cartius
-(noun): interrelated clans of fathers and sons, claiming Caste for themselves, who operate the barges that cross the Cartius River. The barges are constructed of layered timbers of Ka-la-na wood and are towed by teams of river tharlarion. Their passengers are bound for Turia.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 3 and 4 (footnote)
*bark cloth
-(noun): the inner bark of the pod tree dyed scarlet and plaited and pounded into a cloth akin to burlap but softer; it has a variety of uses including a rough wrap around the hips of a slave constituting her only clothing in some instances.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 287
*beads on a chain
-(noun): a reference to free women chained in a coffle, it is an oblique reference to 'slaver's necklace'. Slaves on such a necklace are referred to as 'jewels', whereas a free women is merely a 'bead'.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 161
*boards, chained on
-(noun): a ancient modality of execution that involves the person being chained, by collar and shackles, on parallel upright boards. Like the punishment of hanging from an iron collar, the victim may take two to three days to die; these structures are most common in harbor cities near the wharves.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14-15
*body chain
-(noun): closely meshed length of chain about 5 feet in length which can be used in a variety of ways to bedeck or secure a slave. Some are decorated with semi-precious stones and wooden beads. Detachable lock and snap clips allow the chain to be transformed from slave jewelry to slave restraint.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, pages 71-72
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 281
*breeding cell
-(noun): also called a breeding stall. A slave who is designated to be bred is taken there. Both kajira and kajirus are hooded and though they will never know the other's identity their coupling is public, observed by Masters and others.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 175
*Builders, Caste of
-(noun): the caste which includes architects, draftsmen, stonemasons. The Builders are one of the five High Castes. Yellow Caste.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 62
*cage, plastic
-(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.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 286
*Camerius
-(noun): the third month of the Gorean calendar (in Ar and some other cities).
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 235
*camisk
-(noun): simple, poncho-like slave garment about 18 inches wide.
Book 7: Captive of Gor , page 64
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 107
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 77
*camisk, Turian
-(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
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 160
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 107
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 155
*canjellne
-(verb): challenge
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 21
*capture cubicle
-(noun): a room designed or arranged for the capture of an unwary Free Woman, normally this captured Free Woman is then enslaved.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 42
*capture knot
-(noun): a knot recognized for it's unique turnings as rope or binding fiber tied by a Warrior; usually in the capture of a slave girl but also used on any likely foe.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 58
*capture scent
-(noun): an anesthetic widely employed to render it's victims unconscious; a rag soaked with it is held over the mouth and nose or shot into the victim as an anesthetic dart.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 115 and 116
*carnarium
-(noun): refuse pit
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 38
*carpet plant
-(noun): a plant of the rainforest area inland of Schendi having tendrils that are used in this example to bind a bandaged wound.
Book13: Explorers of Gor, page 347
*cart
-(direction): a gorean compass point equivalent to south west; the river Cartius was so named because of it's direction from Ar southwest.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*cart, leather-slung fee
-(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.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, pages 19-20
*Cartius River
-(noun): broad, fast-flowing tributary that flows into the Vosk river far to the south and west of Ar. It is composed of three rivers, the Cartius Proper, Subequatorial Cartius, and Thassa Cartius. It's name is taken from the word cart, a compass point indicating southwest
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 2
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, page 207
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 106
*Casmu Band
-(noun): the Sand Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 315
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*Caste Codes
-(noun): ethical teachings of Gor whose origins are lost in antiquity.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 40
*Caste Sanctuary
-(noun): similar to seeking Sanctuary in a church; in times of need, a caste member can ask for sanctuary under another caste member's roof.
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, page 207-209
*Caste, Gorean
-(noun): rigid social structure which is conferred by birth on Goreans except for slaves, outlaws, and Initiates. There are 5 high castes (Initiates, Scribes, Builders, Physicians, Warriors), privileged by their status to be privy to Double Knowledge, unlike the many lower castes (tradesmen, craftsmen, artisans, artists, etc.) who may know only First Knowledge. Governments are elected and administered by High Caste members only. The Caste is a source of life long pride and brotherhood. The welfare of the Caste takes precedent over individual members. It is possible to change caste, but it is rarely done. To lose Caste is the ultimate in dishonor.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 41-42
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 71
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 209 - 211
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 186-187
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 378
*catapult
-(noun): this ancient military device is used extensively in the naval battles to control the Vosk River fought by the pirate armada of Ragnar Voskjard and Policrates against the alliance headed by Callimachus of Port Cos. Stones and clay bowls filled with burning pitch were hurled from ship to ship during their battles.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, pages 10 and 12
*catapult, cordage of
-(noun): an example of how the female slave on Gor, 'earns her keep'. Even her hair, described as soft, glossy, silky and resilient, stronger than vegetable fibers and more weather resistant, is used, shaved from her head, as raw material for catapult cordage.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 245
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 302
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 8 and 44
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 49
*cats-cradle game
-(noun): a string game popular in the Gorean North
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 196
*chain luck
-(noun): the attempt to capture a slave girl without having a particular target in mind.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 61
*chalwar
-(noun): baggy pants of diaphanous silk worn by slave girls of the Tahari; similar to the harem trousers of Earth.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 105
*chamber slave
-(noun): slave of the Priest Kings restricted to use within a particular chamber; these slaves cannot leave the chamber and are to serve the Freeperson living there fully.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 36
*Char
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 307
*chatka
-(noun): the strip of black leather, some 6 inches by 5 feet long, worn like a breech- clout over the curla by the slave girls of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 329
*cheese, bosk
-(noun): described as melted over suls.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 168
*chocolate
-(noun): chocolate on Gor is probably from beans grown from cacao tree's brought from Earth.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, pages 42 and 61
*chronometer
-(noun): variety of rare and valuable devices used for various calibrations such as time keeping, including candles, sun dials, sand glasses, clepsydras (water clocks), and oil clocks.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358
*CINBIAK
-(acronym): a gentle warning often employed throughout the books. It's letters stand for 'Curiosity Is Not Becoming In A Kajira'
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 14
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 315
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 122, 151, 233, 277, and 290
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 447
*Cities of Dust
-(noun): the Gorean land of the dead or underworld.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor page 61
*clad Kajir
-(phrase): among the Wagon Peoples, this phrase refers to slaves who wear four articles; the curla, chatka, kalmak and koora.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
*clock, Kaissa sand
-(noun): a device used for timing kaiisa moves, it has a spigot arrangement to enable the flow of sand. When it is open for one player, it is off for the other. Each player enables it, as his play is completed.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 85
*clock, oil
-(noun): mentioned as an example of the chronometer technology available on Gor.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358
*clock, sand
-(noun): large, cylindrical and re-set at midnight, the twentieth ahn, and perhaps at noon, as well.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 180 and 185
*clock, water
-(noun): mentioned, but not described. May also be called a clepsydra.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor , page 212
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358
*Code of the Warrior
-(noun): a creed characterized by a rudimentary chivalry emphasizing loyalty to the Pride Chiefs and the Home Stone; warrior's are expected to know and live by it's dictates.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 41
*coffle
-(noun): a method of chaining a line of slaves together for trekking; common methods are to link the slaves by the left ankle left wrist or throat; also the line of slaves itself; sometimes called a 'slaver's necklace'.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 135
*coin girl
-(noun): a slave girl who with a coinbox and triangular flat bell chained around her neck is sent out in the streets of a city to earn money from masters in return for her sexual use; woe to the girl who does not return with a jangling coin-box attached to her neck chain.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 89-90
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 143
*coin merchant
-(noun): terminology for all gorean bankers, ranging from the the fellow sitting on a rug in his booth on the street to the financial institutions on the 'Street of Coins'.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 411
*collar
-(noun): any of several iron or steel devices that fit around the neck of a slave; in Torvaldsland they are of iron hinged and fastened with a rivet; in Turia the steel is rounded and loose enough for a man to insert his hand beneath it. The first collar seen by Tarl Cabot was a simple band of steel which he took to be jewelry. Slave girls are required to repeat the purposes of a collar on demand. They are: (1) to visibly designate the wearer as a slave (2) to impress her slavery upon her (3) it identifies her master and (4) it provides ease of leashing. The gorean word for collar is ko-lar.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 26 and page 46
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 80
*collar, coffle
-Noun): various types of steel collars with rings front and/or back to hook 3 to 4 ft lengths of chain between them; some hinged in the back.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 135
*collar, cord
-(noun): made of cord fashioned from the rence plant it is worn by rencer slaves and carries a small disk to identify the owner.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 341
*collar, dance
-(noun): a collar to which light- weight (but effective) chain has been attached in order to set off the dancer; a common type consists of a large oval of chain to which wrist cuffs and/or ankle cuffs are attached; once the two sides of the oval have been attached to a ring on the collar; there are variations depending on the region.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 143
*collar, leather leash
-(noun): a leather slave collar with attached which may be used when the slave is to be led, usually for reasons of security.
Book 25: Magician of Gor, page 33
*collar, lock
-(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'.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 51
*collar, message
-(noun): worn by slaves who convey messages, it is a thick, high, leather collar, fashioned by Turians, literally sewn around her throat. Sewn inside, within the leather itself is a message, written on a small piece of rolled rence paper. . The slave girl often does not know that her collar carries a message and of course would never know it's contents.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 35, 40, 48, and 49
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 127
*collar, northern
-(noun): a utilitarian sounding collar made of black iron with an iron ring to be used if a chain is attached. It is rivited around the neck of the bond-maid.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 85
*collar, plank
-(noun): a two-piece board hinged at one end and capable of being locked at the other. It has two or more semi-circular holes cut in each side so that it may fit around the necks of more than one slave girl or captive free woman at one time.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 69
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 60
*collar, plate
-(noun): collar of flat stock which is hammered about a slave's neck; usually worn by untrained slaves.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 13
*collar, shipping
-(noun): a temporary collar showing that the slave girl is part of a cargo.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page79
*collar, transport
-(noun): a collar with a metal tag attached listing destination or other vital information, to be used during transport of a slave.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 73
*collar, Turian
-(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.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 29
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 251
*Collaring Feast
-(noun): a private feast for a young tarnsman and his family and friends; held to celebrate the capture of his first slave girl; during it the girl formally submits to him as his slave then proceeds to serve him at the Feast and afterwards in his quarters.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 52
*combing circle
-(noun): a whimsical method of grooming. A group of kneeling slaves form a circle, each combing the hair of the one in front of her.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 112
*Companionship Price
-(noun): the gift in money or goods given by a man to the father of the woman he wishes to take in Free Companionship
Book 8: Hunters of Gor page 174
*con
-(conj.): from
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 179
*contasta
-(adv.; lit. 'from the founding of Ar'): means of determining chronology; equivalent to the Earth term AD (Anno Domini) (abbrev: C.A.)
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 179
*Contests of Arms
-(noun): gladiatorial contests where men fought to the death were banned in Ar when Kazrak of Port Kar became administrator of that city.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 11
*Cos
-(noun): an island 400 pasangs west of Port Kar and hundred pasangs north of Tyros; notable for growing ta-grapes on it's terraced hills. The perpetual enemy of Ar. It's capitol city is Telnus. Other cities are Selnar, Temos and Jad. As the western border of known Gor, the waters beyond it are referred to as 'the World's End' by those who have first knowledge. To those Goreans with second knowledge, who are taught that Gor is spheroid, the expression is merely a figure of speech.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages, 139, 174, and 312
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 35
*cosian wingfish
-(noun): also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 84-85
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 139
*Cosians
-(noun): derogatory name given to gangs of youth and young ruffians in Ar, affecting Cosian garments and haircuts.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 168
*couching law
-(noun): any Free woman who voluntarily 'couches' with the slave of another may be taken as slave herself by the Master of the slave she 'couched' with.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 7 and page 303
*Council of Captains
- (noun): a governing body of the city of Port Kar, their administrative status is below that of the various Ubars who control the city. The Council is responsible for maintaining and managing the great arsenal, as well as the fleets of Port Kar.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 104 and 127
*coup
-(noun): the complicated ranking of battle exploits by the Red Savage tribes. The coup earned by an individual are reflected in the feathers and adornment to which he is entitled. Interestingly, killing the enemy ranks far beneath the besting of an enemy. A first warrior who strikes an armed enemy with an open hand is rewarded with the first coup; the 2nd and 3rd man to accomplish this would receive 2nd and 3rd coup. Killing an enemy with a bow and arrow from ambush might be counted as only a fifth or seventh coup. The counting or tallying of coup within the tribe determines his entitlement to certain advantages.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 44-45
*courage scar
-(noun): A facial marking of the warrior of the Wagon Peoples. This scar is the first one applied and without it no other scars can be applied. Each scar is placed by members of the Clan of Scar Makers. The can be read by each tribe of the Wagon Peoples as easily as one reads a newspaper. Each scar represents a act of courage and honor in the wearer's life. The Courage Scar is the highest and most important.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 15-16, 68, and 343
*crossbow
-(noun): called the weapon of the Assassin, it is considered more accurate at short distances. Described as having heavy cable and leaves of steel it can be loaded and kept loaded like a firearm.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 2
*curla
- (noun): the red waist cord worn by slave- girls of the Wagon Peoples; supports the chatka.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 328
*Cur-lon Fiber
-(noun): fiber spun by the Swamp Spiders (Spider People) and used in the textile mills of Ar.
Book 1 Tarnsman of Gor, page 83
*Curulean
-(noun): the most prestigious slave auction house in the city of Ar.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 355
*cylinder
-(noun): the primary architectural form of buildings in major Gorean cities; they are of varying heights and colors, flat-topped and cylindrical, connected by narrow, colorful bridges that arch between them.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 23
*cymbals
-(noun): There are various sorts similar to the ones found on Earth.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 209
*czehar
-(noun): musical instrument consisting of a flat oblong box having 8 strings which are played with a horn pick; similar to a Japanese koto
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 108
*errand capsule
-(noun): unescorted slave girls may be questioned about their destination or it's purpose by any Free Person. A piece of scroll rolled and inserted into an errand capsule which she carries or is hooked to her collar contains information about her errand.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 300
*fire-maker, cylindrical
-(noun): a small silverish tube used for igniting cooking fires. When the cap is removed, and the implement inside is exposed to the air, it glows a fiery red.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 138
*Free Companionship
-(noun): the closest equivalent to marriage on Gor. A woman is bought from her parents and is considered a Free Companion, even though she may not have been consulted in the arrangement. A woman, may agree of her own free will to be a Free Companion, and a Master may free his slave for Free Companionship. A man may have only one Free Companion at a time, but the relationship is considered binding, sundered usually, only by death as long as it is annually renewed.. A Gorean free woman does not change her name in the ceremony of the Free Companionship. From the Gorean point of view, the wife of Earth occupies a status which is higher than that of the slave, but lower than that of the Free Companion.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 216
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 54
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 9
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 14
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 365-366
*free labor, citizenship and
-(concept): In the cities, the rights of citizenship are clearest and free labor has held its own. In rural areas which fall outside the sphere of influence of nearby cities, it is difficult to be a citizen of a city if one cannot reach it within a days march. Retention of citizenship may be contingent on such things as attending public ceremonies, such as an official semi-annual taking of auspices, and participating in numerous public assemblies, some of which are called on short notice. The inability of the rural inhabitants to effectively exercise citizenship leads to disenfranchisement, or most often a fierce independence, repudiating allegiance to anything save one's own village. The farmers, or peasants, are more likely to suffer from the results of cheap competition than their urban brethren.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 302-303
*girth cloth
-(noun): feed sacks, made of rough cloth are cut into strips, hemmed and sewn together to create a cloth ten feet long and one yard wide, This cloth is used to wrap newly hatched tharlarions as they emerge from the hot sand.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 262 and 272
*gull, coasting
-(noun): found in Torvaldsland is this broad winged bird with black tips on its wings and tail feathers, similar to the Vosk gull. It's feathers are used on the war arrows of Torvladsland.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 235
*helmet, captain's
-(noun): a helmet made identifiable by the crest of sleen fur at the top.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 286
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 6
*helmet, common
-(noun): a plain helmet similar to the Greek helmets with a Y-shaped opening for eyes nose and mouth and cushioned with rolls of leather.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 22
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 68 and 78
*High Caste
-(noun): upper caste system of Gor specifically the Initiates, Scribes, Builders, Physicians and Warriors. They are allowed Second Knowledge.
See: *Caste, gorean
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 42
*Home Stone, city
-(noun): a stone that represents the soul of a city; to be without a Home Stone is to lack citizenship. It is said, 'A palace without a Home Stone is but a hovel; a hovel which contains a Home Stone is a palace.' The origin of the Home Stone, according to legend, came out of the past when Hesius performed great labors for the Priest-Kings and was promised a reward greater than gold. He was given a flat piece of rock with the single character representing his native village. When he questioned them, he was told the reward was indeed worth more than gold, and they called it a 'Home Stone'. The Home Stone of Ar is considered to be the oldest Home Stone.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 26
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 142
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 302
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 485-486
*hunter's catch
-(noun): slave garb made of netting.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 108
*Initiates, Caste of
(noun): regarded by the lower Castes as representatives of the Priest-Kings, the high Castes and more intellectual citizens do not take their teaching seriously, but tend to tolerate them because of their influence on the lower Caste citizens. The Initiates regard themselves as the Highest Caste. They have their own laws and courts. Their education is wholly focused on mathematics and interpretations of revelations of the Priest-Kings. The Priest -Kings themselves consider the Caste an example of the aberrations of human kind. The Initiates believe only they can achieve eternal life. Initiates do not eat meat or beans, and are celibate. Their numbers are replenished by recruiting young men to become novices. White Caste.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 11
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 26 - 37
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 279
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 17
*iron collars, hung in
-(noun): an ancient modality of execution that involves the offenders being chained and suspended by iron collars on posts, taking two to three days to die.
-Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14
*kaissa ciphers
-(noun): used by the caste of players for transmission of private messages but can be used by anyone; often extremely difficult to decipher.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 243
*lit, crested
-(noun): a brightly plummaged bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 236 and 311
*Low Caste
-(noun): those under High Caste; normally not born or trained to rule; allowed only First Knowledge
See: *Caste, gorean
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor page 42
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 71
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 209-211
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 378
*meat-catch
-(noun): a carnival-like game which involves slaves lined up on their knees, hands bound behind their backs who are tossed bits of meat to catch one at a time; the girls catching the meat, or recovering a missed bit by scrambling with the others for it, receive points for their Masters.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 112
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 37 and 43
*Merchants, Caste of
-(noun): the caste of those who deal in merchandise and trading; their caste colors are white and gold. Caste members can range from simple shop keepers to the rich and powerful, often significant in local political activities, searching for ways to advance their own prominence, sometimes to the point of contributing to armed conflict.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 84
*mul cases
-(noun): transparent plastic tube in which a mul sleeps.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 110
*Musicians, Caste of
-(noun): czehar players have the most prestige, followed by the flutists and the players of the kalika. The players of the drums come next, and the farthest fellow down the list is the man who keeps the bag of miscellaneous instruments, playing them and parceling them out to others as needed. Musicians are never enslaved, but they may be exiled, tortured, or slain. It is said, that he who makes music must, like the tarn and the Vosk gull, be free.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 154
*opals, common
-(noun): milky in color. Because they are much more rare on Gor they are of more value than those of Earth.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 92
*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.
-Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38
*Peasants, Caste of
-(noun): the basic caste of Gor; they refer to themselves as the 'Ox on Which the Home Stone Rests'
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 27 and 66
Book 5: Assassin of Gor page 157
*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. Green Caste.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 44, 61-63
*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.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 103
*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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*rep
-(noun): a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small reddish woody bush used to make rep-cloth.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 10
*rep-cloth
-(noun): rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 294
*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.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 87
*Salerian Confederation
-(noun): an alliance of 4 cities, Ti, Port Olni, Lara, and Vonda, formed to rid the Olni River of pirates and to protect inland shipping.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 171
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 88
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 283
*Scribes, Caste of
-(noun): the Caste which includes the scholars and clerks of Gor. There are divisions and rankings within the group, from simple copiers to the savants of the city. Blue.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 44
*self-contract, limited, slave
-(noun): an arrangement wherein a Free Woman contracts to be an experimental slave for a period of time ranging from one night to a year. Her documents will contain a specified termination date.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 101
*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.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 103
*slave cage
-(noun): small, stout, wooden cord-bound, thick-barred cage adequate for the confinement of bound slaves. A wooden gate, tied shut, secures it.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 220
*slaver's caress
-(noun): a method of touching without warning a slave girl 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.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, pages 294-295
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 40
*Slavers, Caste of
-(noun): the sub-caste of the Merchants one who deals in human merchandise, their colors are blue and yellow.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 315
*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.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 139-140
*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.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 76 and 126
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 191
*Tarn Keepers, Caste of
-(noun): Those working and training tarns.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 52
*tarsk, copper
-(noun): a copper coin (see tarsk silver and tarsk bit).
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 54
*Thieves, Caste of
-(noun): the caste of those who make their living by stealing, robbery, picking pockets etc.; exists only in Port Kar.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 304
*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.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 9 and 10
*tunic, chain
-(noun): a slave garb or bond of Tyros not otherwise described.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 108
*urt, canal
-(noun): rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 67
*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.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 326
*walking chains
-(noun): adjustable chains fastened on the ankles of a slave girl to train her to walk with the length of stride preferred by her master.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 48
*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. Red Caste.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 41 and 61-63
*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.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor ,page 27
*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'.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 301 and 320-322
*yellow cords, Tharna's
-(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.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 267-268
*below-deck girl
-(noun): the term used for slave girls transported in the hold of a ship. They are held in individual cages and because of infestations of lice, all of their body hair is shaved. The term 'below-deck girl' is used derisively especially by those slave girls allowed to remain on deck in cages, who need not have shaved heads, though all slaves on a slaver ship are unclothed.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 318 - 321
*Cities of Dust
-(noun): the Gorean land of the dead or underworld.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor page 61
*da
-(conj.): here
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 81
*dance, placatory
-(noun): a dance intended to assuage the anger of a Master. It is usually free-form, depending on the situation. The 'Contrition Dance' of Turia is an example of a formal placatory dance.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 332
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 44
*dar
-(adj.): holy; priest
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 150
*Dar-Kosis
-(noun; lit. 'holy disease'): an incurable wasting disease, also known as the 'Sacred Affliction' , so named because it is regarded as being holy to the Priest-Kings and those who are afflicted are considered as consecrated to the Priest-Kings. The disease is highly contagious, and those who suffer from it are required to wear yellow robes, and constantly sound a wooden clacker to warn of their approach.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 113 and 150-151
*Dar-Kosis Pit
-(noun): a place where those afflicted with Dar-Kosis may voluntarily incarcerate themselves while they die. These huge pits have rudimentary shelter and a well. Once within, the sufferer may never leave. Food and necessities are thrown down from tarnback to help the diseased
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 151
*date
-(noun): a staple of the diet of the Tahari Tribesmen; they are sold in a tef (a handful with the 5 fingers closed; a tefa is 6 tefs (a small basket); Five such baskets constitute a huda. In large compressed bricks they are used in trade.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 46
*deck cage
-(noun): small cages fastened to the deck of a ship to transport slaves not kept in hold.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 26
*deck stones
-(noun): white smooth soft stones used for sanding boards and decks on ships.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 98
*degradation stripe
-(noun): a 2 inch wide band shaved into the hair of men captured by talunas or panther girls; it runs from the forehead to the nape of the neck.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 137
*delka
-(noun): fourth letter of the gorean alphabet it corresponds to the Earth letter D and is formed as the Earth 'delta'.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 176
*Delta Brigade
-(noun): a rebel group which quietly fought Cosians with 'resistance' tactics during their occupation of Ar. Their trademark was a bloody 'delka' mark often slashed into the skin of their victims. The existence of this unorganized group began from a comment made in a tavern by Tarl Cabot. The rumor led others, independent of each other, to use similar tactics, which convinced the Cosians of a more concerted effort against them.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 176-189
*dice
-(noun): many forms of dice games exist on Gor, ranging from those played with a single die to five dice. Various symbols are usually painted on their surfaces. Some are sold in sealed boxes bearing their cities imprint.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 59 and 60
*dina
-(noun): a small short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides; sometimes called the 'slave flower' it is often used as a design for slave brands; sometimes used as a slave name.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 61
*disk golden tarn
-(noun): the gold tarn disk of Ar is considered to be the standard by which other cities, such as Ko-Ro-Ba and Port Kar. set the value of their own coinage. It is worth, generally, 10 silver tarsks, but standardization is slight due to the shaving or splitting of the coin as well as faulty scales that contribute to the debasing of the coinage.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 155
*display chain
-(noun): slave girls who are sold in groups are put into a chain which may be fastened taut at either end; the girls are spaced on the chain so that they don't crowd together and be more easily displayed; unclothed always.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 14
*display slave
-(noun): a slave girl whose primary purpose is for the display of her beauty to reflect the affluence of her master; often chained in coffle with other display slaves behind the palanquin or other transport of her master.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 367
*dock eel
-(noun): a black freshwater fish 4 feet long, weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous and aggressive, they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 155
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 130
*Double Knowledge
-(noun): their are two forms of knowledge provided on Gor. The simpler or first knowledge is taught to the lower castes, and includes some misinformation as compared to the Second Knowledge, taught to the higher Castes. The term, 'Double Knowledge' refers to the fact that high castes are privy to both knowledges.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 41
*double leashing
-(noun): a method of slave control. Either two collars with leashes are affixed to her neck, or a collar with a leash on opposite sides is used.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 360-361
*drum, Red Hunter's
-(noun): large, heavy, handled and disklike. The frame, made of wood with a cover of Tabuk hide, is struck on the frame with a stick, giving the drum an odd resonance sound.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 261-262
*dung sack
-(noun): used to contain bosk (or any) dung after it has been raked up or collected; also employed as a punishment when slave girls are forced to 'spend a night in the dung sack'.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 285
*Dust Legs
- (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; so called because they were the last tribe to domesticate kaiila.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 148
*Duty of the Twelve Joys
-(noun): Muls (slaves to the Priest-Kings) wash completely 12 times a day.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 111
*flute, double
-(noun): a wind instrument.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 281 and 283
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 120, and 156
*garbage death
-(noun): the death for a slave where a slave is bound naked, and thrown to canal urts, as in Port Kar.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 313
*Home Stone, dwelling
-(noun): a stone often circular and flat that is sacred to each dwelling and is to be defended ferociously by even the meanest peasant. It is said, 'A palace without a Home Stone is but a hovel; a hovel which contains a Home Stone is a palace.'
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 26
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 28
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 142
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 485-486
*kaiila, desert
-(noun): also known as sand kaiila; this omnivorous animal is related to the southern kaiila and similar in most aspects barring pelt color and rearing of young; pelt color is tawny or black and young are suckled for a length of time. The men of the Tahari Desert use this mount.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 71
*Margin of Desolation
-(noun): an area north of Ar that was made into a wilderness thousands of pasangs deep. Wells were poisoned, and fields burned and salted to prevent the approach of armies from the north. It was allowed to re-vegetate and re-populate. Some believe the reason is to bring more arable land under cultivation; others say that the eyes of Ar turned north toward the powerful Salerian Confederation.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 129
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 255
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 145
*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.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 82-83
*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
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 9
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 102, 105, 111, 223 and 306
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 22-23
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 371
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 71 and 77
*sereem diamonds
-(noun): red, sparking, white-flecked stones of great value.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 92
*slave dance
-(noun): any of the sensuous and lascivious dances performed by slave girls to entertain their masters. The dancing of a slave is a thousand times more sensuous than that of a free woman because of the incredible meanings involved the additional richness which this furnishes the explosive significance of this comprehension that she who dances is owned and theoretically could be owned by you.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 193
*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.
Book 10: 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..
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 230 -231
*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.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 33 and 47
*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.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 158
*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.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 191
*tarn drums
-(noun): drums used in a march during war; the signals are used to control flying tarn armies.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 130 and 191
*tile dance
-(noun): dance performed on red tiles. It commonly signifies the restlessness of a love-starved slave girl.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 13-14
*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.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 226
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 174
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 329-330
*veminium, desert
-(noun): small, purplish flower found in the Tahari; used in perfumes.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50
*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.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 5-6
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 26
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 88
*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.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 326
*Whip Dance
-(noun): a girl dances under the whips of Masters.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 100
