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*bow, long
-(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.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 2 and 3
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 303
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*fleer, long-billed
-(noun): a bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*fountain, lower bowl
-(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.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 217 and 228
*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
*gim, lang
-(noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*harpoon, light
-(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.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 280
*La Kajira
-(phrase; declarative): I am a slave.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 74
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
*La?
-(phrase; interrogative): You?
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 55
*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.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 43
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 7
*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.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, pages 309,389 and 381
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 386-387
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 219
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 223
*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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 100, 454, and 455
*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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 454 and 455
*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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100 and 455
*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.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 15
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 42
*lance, tharlarion
-(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.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 115
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 42
*Language, The
-(noun): the fierce, sweet, liquid speech of a native Gorean.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 52
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100
*lar
-(noun): central; as in Lar-Torvis 'The Central Fire' .
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 28
*larl
-(noun): a large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline with a broad viper shaped head and cat-like slitted pupils; carnivorous; similar to a lion; the females of the species tend to be smaller than the males.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18
*larl, black
-(noun): predominately nocturnal larl which is sable coated and maned both male and female.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18
*larl, red
-(noun): predominately day hunting larl which is tawny-red coated and has no mane in either male or female.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18
*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.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 22
*larma, applelike
-(noun): single-seeded applelike fruit; a variation of the succulent juicy larma with a single seed; commonly called pit fruit.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 267
*larma, succulent
-(noun): fruit with a hard shell, brittle and easily broken, which encloses a fleshy endocarp, juicy and delicious. When a female is referred to as a 'larma', it is meant that her frigid exterior conceals a quite different interior. Larma or other fruit may be offered by a kneeling slave to her Master in a quiet plea for his sexual use of her.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 27 and page 37
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 437
*lart, snow
-(noun): a small 4-legged mammal, about 10 inches high, weighing between 8 and 12 pounds. The snow lart has two stomachs and hunts in summer, filling the second stomach in the fall to last the animal through winter. It's pelt is snowy white and thick. It is considered valuable, selling in Ar for half a silver tarsk. They are found in the Polar North.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 74
*Lar-Torvis
-(noun): a Gorean term for the sun is The Central Fire taken from Pythagorean expressions.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 28
*last girl
-(noun): used to denote either the newest girl on a chain, or the least of all the girls.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 240
*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.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 20
*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 a various goods, a mercantile town.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 59
*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.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 59
*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.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 399
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 46
*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.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 195
*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.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 112
*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.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 244
*leech plant
-(noun): a living rooted plant with bladder-like seed pods, it can fasten two hollow fang-like thorns into its victim through which it can suck the blood that nourishes it. A chemical response of the pods cause a mechanical pumping action, giving them an eerie resemblance to contracting and expanding lungs.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 33
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 41
*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.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor pages 96-97, 99-100, 102 and 236
*leem
-(noun): a small arctic rodent some five to ten ounces in weight which hybernates in the winter. Its furs are sold by the Red Hunters.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 74
*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.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 162
*lelt
-(noun): a small (5-7 inches) blind fish 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.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 247
*lesha
-(command; lit. 'leash'): the slave remains standing or kneeling, depending upon her current position. She turns away from her Master, tilting up her chin and turns her head to the left as a leash is attached to her collar. Her wrists are extended behind her to be locked into slave bracelets or otherwise bound.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 125
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 76
*liana vine
-(noun): a rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 310
*lice, tarn
-(noun): marble sized parasites that infest wild tarns.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 142
*lit, common
-(noun): a bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*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
*lit, needle-tailed
-(noun): a bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*lo
-(phrase; masc.): I am; you are.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 266
*Lo Sardar
-(phrase): I am a Priest-King.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 76 and 220
*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.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
*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.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 90-91
*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.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 38
*loot pit
-(noun): a holding place for captured free women awaiting collars and branding during the military occupation of a city.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 190
*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.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 193
*love furs
-(noun): luxurious furs, perhaps of the larl, thrown to the floor by the Master when he wishes to make use of his slave girl.
Book 1: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 68
*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.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 115 -124
*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
*luck girl
-(noun): a slave girl who acts as mascot onboard 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.
Book 16: Tribesmen of Gor, page 61
*lung fish
-(noun): also called gints; small fish found near half-submerged roots of shore trees or sunning on the back of tharlarion.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 384
*Luraz
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
*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.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 244
*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.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 59
*needle-tailed lit
-(noun): a bird found in the highest level of the rain forest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*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.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 207
*porcupine, long-tailed
-(noun): animal of the canopy level of the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*ravishment lamp
-(noun): 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.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 203
*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.
-Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 292
*Se'Kara-Lar-Torvis
-(noun): The Second Kara or the Second Turning the month of the autumnal equinox but usually called simply Se'Kara
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*Se'Var-Lar-Torvis
- (noun): the Second Resting of the Central Fire simply known as Se'Var.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*slave lips
-(noun): When this command is given the slave turns her head up to the Master her lips pursed in a sensual kissing position. She remains motionless her lips thusly puckered and may not move until she is granted the kiss of a Master.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 111 and 404
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 224
*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.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 423-424
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 67
*Slavers, League of Black
-(noun): a branch of the Caste of Slavers; they work out of Schendi and its environs.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 16
*sword, long (Torvaldsland)
-(noun): carried in it's own belt looped over the left shoulder which is the common gorean practice.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 50
*tharlarion, land
-(noun): land dwelling tharlarion used for towing. The land tharlarion can swim, though not as efficiently as the river tharlarion.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 81
*urt, leaf
-(noun): a small tree-dwelling rodent having 4 toes which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*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.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107
*Vosk League
-(noun): a political and protective alliance signed by representatives of 19 towns along the Vosk River to promote trade. The members are: Turmuj, Ven, Tetrapoli, Port Cos, Tafa, Victoria, Fina, Ragnar's Hamlet, Hammerfest, Sulport, Sais, Siba, Jasmine, Point Alfred, Jort's Ferry, Forest Port, Iskander, Tancred's Landing, and White Water.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 235
*ant, marcher
-(noun): known in the jungles of Schendi as 'The Marchers' are these aggressive carnivorous insects. Each is about 2 inches long, with a shiny black exoskeleton and two antennae. Their name is derived from their, apparently seasonal, marches through the jungle in a single column, yards wide and pasangs in length. They may number in the millions, their path's widening to as much as 500 feet when they overtake, swarm over, and devour all flesh, living or dead, in their path. Their bite is extremely painful, but not poisonous. Their victims die from being weakened from relentless attack, being overcome until they are still. Tarl Cabot and the small men, led a column of Marchers, by baiting them with fresh meat, the ants, weaving like a whispering black snake through the jungle until they overran an encampment of the Mamba people, Cabot's intended target.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages, 399-403
*block melodies
-(noun): certain melodies commonly used in slave markets in the
display of merchandise. They are intended to 'set the mood' in the mind of potential buyers.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 37
*brand, bond-maid
-(noun): described as a half circle about an inch and a quarter in width, adjoined at it's right tip by a steep, diagnonal line an inch and a quarter in height. In the north, the bond-maid is reffered to as a woman whose belly lies beneath the sword.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 87
*brand, merchant
-(noun): a tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns for any wishing to do business with the Wagon Peoples that allows their passage over the plains; the stigma connected with this brand is that it suggests that any approaching the wagons do so as slaves .
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 34
*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, 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
*fire-maker
-(noun): a small device consisting of a small reservoir of tharlarion oil a wick a thumb-activated ratcheted steel wheel and a splinter of flint; not unlike an old-fashioned cigarette lighter.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 15
*gant, marsh
-(noun): a small long-legged horned bird; broad-billed and broad-winged; hunted by marsh girls It's cry is imitated by the rence people as as a surreptitious means of communication.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 4, 10, 41, 44
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 128
*guernon monkey
-(noun) found in the jungle along the Ua river; recognized by their chattering sound.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 307
*horn, signal
-(noun): curved, bronze signal horns used by the men of Torvaldsland for communication, primarily between ships. There are about 40 codes of sound signals, such as, 'Attack,' 'Heave to,' 'Regroup,' and 'Communication desired'.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 181
*house marshal
-(noun): a position within a free woman's home responsible for security and/or travel.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 13
*Iron Master
-(noun): one who is skilled at piercing ears and noses, branding, and affixing collars to slaves.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 173
*jit monkey
-(noun): a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi; nocturna.l
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*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.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor pages 96-97, 99-100, 102 and 236
*mamba
-(noun): large predatory variety of river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi. It is believed the cannibalistic Mamba People take their name from this flesh eating animal.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 393
*Mamba People
-(noun): also called 'Tharlarion People' a cannibal tribe.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 393
*manumission
-(noun): the documented, legal freeing of a slave.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 460
*March
-(noun): the 2nd largest military unit of the Kurii it consists of 12 Bands (2 160 animals).
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 241
*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
*marine saurian
-(noun): fish-like predator with long, toothed snouts that are silent and aggressive; sailors fear them as they do the long-bodied sharks.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 360
*marine saurian, reptilian
-(noun): reptilian-like scavengers found in the Thassa, more than 20 ft in length, it has a long neck and small head with rows of small teeth. Its appendages are like broad paddles.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 360
*Market of Semris
-(noun): a small town south and somewhat east of Samnium, it is famed for its markets for tarsks, four-legged and two-legged. The town square is described as neat and well maintained, set with flat stones intricately fitted together. There are shops, fountains, a closed temple and public buildings.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 106 and 281
*marking stick
-(noun): a writing implement rather like a pen.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 386
*marsh moccasin
-(noun): narrow dark, poisonous snake about five feet long with a small triangular head. It inhabits the waters of the Vosk Delta.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 267
*master belt
-(noun): a belt worn by the men of Torvaldsland from which hangs a knife in it's sheath, as well as a pouch and other accouterments. The axe is supported in it's own belt hung over the left shoulder, but it is also anchored by a ring in the master belt. Additionally, if the sword is not looped over the left shoulder, it will hung by its sheath and sheath straps from the master belt. Some say the name, 'master belt' derives from it's not infrequent use in the disciplining of bond-maids.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 50
*master, private
-(noun): an individual free man who owns slaves chosen for the pleasure he will personally receive from owning them and being in their company.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 112-113
*master, public
-(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.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 112-113
*matok
-(noun): a Priest-King term it refers to an inhabitant of the Nest which is in the Nest but not of the Nes.t
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 92
*maza
-(noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg term meaning metal.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 246
*mazasa
-(phrase): translation: copper
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 321
*mazasapa
-(noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg term meaning black metal; translated loosely into iron.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 246
*mead
-(noun): the preferred beverage of the northland, made with fermented honey, water and spice, traditionally served in a large animal horn.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor pages 78, 89 and 90
Book 23: Vagabonds of Gor, page 16
*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
*melon
-(noun): in a Tahari market, described as a yellowish red-striped sphere.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 45
*Memory, the
-(noun): although the Red Savages, described as ruthless and ferocious, seem to thrive on internecine warfare, there is one common tradition that will unite them over customary conflicts and rivalries. Their hatred of the white man, called simply, 'The Memory' always takes priority.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 35, 148 and 248
*merchant kaissa
-(noun): refers to the standardized version of kaissa played at fairs and tournaments.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 8
*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
*message tube
-(noun): a capped tube affixed to a slave's collar by a small thong which can hold messages for her to transport.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 359
*metaglana
-(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.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 203
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 128
*midnight, Gorean
-(noun): the twentieth ahn.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 180
*mul cases
-(noun): transparent plastic tube in which a mul sleeps.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 110
*mul fungus
-(noun): bland whitish fibrous vegetable-like material which is the main food of muls.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 109
*mul torch
-(noun): rod used to light passages in the Priest-Kings Nest.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 115
*mul-pellets
-(noun): surmised by Tarl Cabot to be a vitamin supplement for muls.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 109
*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
*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.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 280
*Prison Moon
-(noun): of the three moons orbiting Gor, the name given to one of the two smaller ones.
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, page 170
*Revels, Master of
-(noun): a city's Master of Entertainment.
Book 20 Players of Gor, page 10
*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.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 29
*shark, marsh
-(noun): long bodied, nine-gilled inhabitant of the rence island areas of the marsh, they are almost eel-like.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages, 13, 21, and 58
*slave mat
-(noun): a course mat made of straw to which area a slave girl may be ordered for discipline or use, the girl may not leave the mat unless permitted by her master.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 74
*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.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 60
*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.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 6
*tharlarion, marsh
-(noun): inhabitants of the marshes that comprise the delta of the Vosk; similar to crocodile.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 26 and 326
*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.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 144
*wine master presentation
-(noun): in which the slave offers not only wine to the master, but herself and her beauty for his consideration.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 352
*bow, northern
-(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.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 52
*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
*helmet, northern
-(noun): conical shaped with a nose guard that can slip up and down; about the neck it usually has chain mail dangling from rings.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 73
*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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 100, 454, and 455
*lit, needle-tailed
-(noun): a bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*nadu
-(noun): gorean position of the pleasure slave and usually the first slave position taught to a new girl. A kneeling slave is directed to straighten her back and sit on her heels, lifting her head, and placing her hands, palms down, on her thighs. There are a couple of examples which suggest a variation of uplifted palms, though this appears to be an exception to the basic position.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 234
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 53
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 77, 81 and page 166
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 155
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 320
*Napoktan
-(noun): the Bracelets Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*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.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 161
*needle tree
-(noun): an evergreen tree of the Thentis region whose oil is used in perfumes.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 141
*needle-tailed lit
-(noun): a bird found in the highest level of the rain forest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*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.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 84
*Nest Trust
-(noun): a term which means more than 'friendship' to the Priest-Kings. It is described as a communal notion, a reliance on the practices and traditions of an institution, accepting them and living in terms of them.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 80
*nestle position
-(noun): ''Nestle ' I told her. 'Yes Master ' she said. She nestled obediently in the crook of my left arm.'
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 279
*night gate
-(noun): a gate or gates monitored to allow passage of bona fide citizens to and from the city after dark.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 102
*noon, gorean
-(noun): 10th ahn is the gorean noon.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 278 and 324
*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.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 27
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 166
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 11
*notched stick
-(noun): musical instrument played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across its surface.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 153
*nu
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
*nykus
-(noun): victory; from the Greek nike.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100
*Nyoka River
-(noun): river that flows into Schendi harbor from the rainforest, and then on to Thassa.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 16 and 100
*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.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 195-196
*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.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 32
*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.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor page 152
*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.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 58 and 107
*Battles of Oxen
-(noun): a gladiator type competition popular in Tharna; men are yoked with horns fitted to them; they battle each other in an arena, one trying to gore or maim the other.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 112
*clock, oil
-(noun): mentioned as an example of the chronometer technology available on Gor.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358
*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
*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.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 299
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 409
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 114 and 186
*Octavii
-(noun): ranked as first and second, these individuals are deputy commissioners in the records office of a city.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 442 and 454
*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.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
*olakota
-(noun): Kaiila word meaning peace.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 257
*olive, red
-(noun): from the groves of Tyros, not otherwise described.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 114
*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.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 171
*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.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 11-12
*omnion
- (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
*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!
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 130 and 177
*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
*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.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 92
*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.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 207
*Or
-(noun): a unit of ten warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 175
*Oralu
-(noun): a unit of a thousand warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 175
*Orlu
-(noun): a unit of a hundred warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 175
*ost
-(noun): tiny snake about 12 inches long bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds. It is the most venemous snake on Gor.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26
*ost, rainforest
-(noun): a snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*oysters
-(noun): from the delta of the Vosk.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 301
*Port Olni
-(noun): city located on the North bank of the Olni River. A member of the Salerian Confederation.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 88
*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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 13
*slave oval
-(noun): a method of chain a slave girl 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.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 146
*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.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50
