World of Gor

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- Al-Ka -

Administrator (noun): title used to designate the highest-ranking elected government official within the Gorean City-State culture.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:42

Afflicted, the (noun): the Gorean term describing those infected by the highly contagious Dar-Kosis Disease, also referred to as 'the Sacred Affliction' or, literally, 'the Holy Disease'. It is considered to be heresy to shed the blood of an Afflicted, as they are seen as being consecrated to the Priest-Kings.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 13:150-151

agal (noun): the Gorean term for the cording which holds the scarf-like kaffiyeh in place on a man of the Tahari and indicates tribe and district.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 1:20

agleskala (noun): the Red Savages term for the striped lizard of the Barrens.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 4:49

ah-il (noun): the Gorean term for a unit of measure, equivalent to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, approximately 18 inches; 10 ah-il equal one ah-ral.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 2:50

Ahn (noun): the Gorean term for a period of time for the Gorean hour, equivalent to 1/20 of a Gorean day, and consisting of 40 ehn (minutes).
---Outlaw of Gor, 3:26

ah-ral (noun): the Gorean term for the unit of measure equvalent to 10 ah-il, approximately 180 inches.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 2:50

ahtudan (noun): the Red Savages term for something to be spit upon.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 33:288

aiii (interjection): the Red Savages word denoting an expression of some degree of feeling, from anxiety to pleasure, depending upon context.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 23:224

akamda (noun): Savages word for fringe, such as might be used on leggings or shirts.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 4:53

akicita (noun): the Red Savages word for warrior. Also 'Akicita hemaca;' translates to 'I am warrior.'
---Savages of Gor, 19:321

akihoka (adjective): the Red Savages word for skillful.
---Savages of Gor, 14:216

alarm bar (noun): the Gorean term for an alarm device consisting of a hollow metal tube, struck by hammers.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 18:199

alarm bugle (noun): a military horn; used to warn of impending attacks.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 16:177

ale (noun): made from grains and hops imported from Earth during the voyages of acquisition, Gorean ale is closer to a honey lager than a true ale or beer, deep golden in color.
---Marauders of Gor, 6:82

al-ka (noun): the Gorean word for the first letter of the 28-letter Gorean alphabet.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:38 and Priest-Kings of Gor, 12:94

All Comrades (noun): also referred to as the Fighting Hearts; a prestigious warrior society within the Kaiila tribe of the Red Savages. Recognizable by the marking of a heart and lance on the warrior's kaiila.
---Savages of Gor, 19:314

altron (noun): the Gorean word for one of the letters in the Gorean alphabet.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 25:384

amomona (noun): the Red Savages word for baby or doll.
---Red Savages of Gor, 14:230

Amusements of Tharna (noun): an event consisting of gladiator-style games, often to the death, held in an amphitheater for the pleasure of the citizens of Tharna. Tharnan males were mandated to attend these games four times a year, or face involuntary participation in them.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 13:110-111

anchor hooks (noun): curved, three-pronged lightweight anchors, used to anchor the high-prowed marsh barges at both stem and stern.
---Raiders of Gor, 7:61

ankle bar (noun): a device used in the wagon transport of slaves consisting of a bar extending the length of the wagon. The chain between a slave's ankle rings was passed around the bar before being attached to the ankle rings.
---Captive of Gor, 7:65

ankle ring (noun): a metal ring, usually in pairs, that is secured around the ankle of a slave.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 10:123

anpao (noun): the Red Savages word for dawn or daylight.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 54:474

anptaniya (noun): the Red Savages expression referring to the 'breath of day', that time when the first glimmerings of the morning are dawning.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 54:474

ant (noun): found on Gor in at least one variety that inhabits the Schendi jungles.
---Explorers of Gor, 32:311

anteater (noun): found in more than six varieties in the jungles of Schendi; the great spined anteater is more than twenty feet in length
---Explorers of Gor, 32:312

ar (noun): the Gorean word for a letter in the Gorean alphabet. Also Ar, an important Gorean city-state.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 25:383 and Tarnsman of Gor, 5:65-66

Arani (noun): a minor vassal tribe of the Aretai in the Tahari.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 23:307

archon (noun): the Gorean word for magistrate, or officer.
---Magicians of Gor, 26:442

arctic flowers (noun): mentioned as hundreds of species existing in the north.
---Beasts of Gor, 12:196

Aretai (noun): one of the two high tribes of the Tahari, the other being the Kavars; having dominion over vassal tribes such as the Arani, Luraz, Raviri, Tashid, Ti, and Zevar, and affiliated with the Tajuk, a non-vassal tribe; the shout of 'Aretai Victorious!' is their war-cry.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 2:47, 10:160 and 26:343

Aria (adj.): the Gorean word for 'of Ar'.
---Kajira of Gor, 16:217

armored gatch (noun): the Gorean word for a marsupial inhabitant of the rainforests, inland of Schendi.
---Explorers of Gor, 32:312

arrows (noun): found in great variety on Gor.

• flight arrow: a metal-piled arrow for the great bow, fletched with three Vosk gull wing half-feathers, approximately forty inches in length.
  ---Raiders of Gor, 8:68

• hunting arrow: a type of flight or sheaf arrow with a long, tapering point, enabling it to be easily withdrawn intact from its target.
  ---Savages of Gor, 1:40

• quarrel: a small, high velocity arrow used with crossbows; can be either metal or wood.
  ---Tarnsman of Gor, 5:64 and 7:100

• sheaf arrow: a metal-piled arrow for the great bow, fletched with three Vosk gull wing half-feathers, a little over a yard in length.
  ---Raiders of Gor, 8:68

• simple pile arrow: a type of flight or sheaf arrow which may be withdrawn from a wound in the direction of entry, as opposed to a war or Tuchuk barbed arrow, and allows for greater penetration.
  ---Raiders of Gor, 8:79 and Savages of Gor 1:40

• Tuchuk barbed arrow: a type of flight or sheaf arrow, also called a broad-headed arrow which carries barbs; the barbs prevent it from being withdrawn from a wound and must be pushed through to exit and is therefore more difficult to recover during combat.
  ---Raiders of Gor, 8:79

• war arrow: a type of flight or sheaf arrow, also called a broad-headed arrow which carries barbs or is cut straight across at the base, preventing it from being easily withdrawn from a wound. The head of the war arrow is less securely fastened to the shaft than the hunting arrow, which tends to leave it behind if the arrow is withdrawn. Also mentioned as used in Torvaldsland, the carrying of which to each homestead is the Jarl's means of informing his men to present themselves for war.
  ---Savages of Gor, 1:40 and Marauders of Gor, 10:142

• water arrow: used in the Tahari as markers indicating the direction of water sources.
  ---Tribesmen of Gor, 1:22

Arsenal Guard (noun): maintained control and jurisdiction over the Port Kar arsenal.
---Raiders of Gor, 15:218

askari (noun): the Schendi expression for soldier or guardsman.
--Explorers of Gor, 12:152

askari shield (noun): the Schendi oval shield.
--Explorers of Gor, 53:439

Assassin (noun): one who is a member of the low, much-hated and feared Caste of Assassins. Members accept gold to kill and are found only in the major cities wearing the black helmet and robes of their caste. The mark of a black dagger upon his forehead indicates that he has been hired and hunts. Assassins are said to have no homestones, presumably to enable them to maintain their detachment when killing.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 16:176, 182 and 17:190, Assasins of Gor, 1:6 and Beasts of Gor, 30:359

aulus (noun): the Gorean word for flute, related to the Greek 'aulos'.
---Magicians of Gor, 22:377-378 (footnote)

autumnal equinox (noun): the calendar day which marks the beginning of the month of Se'Kara (The Second Turning) and the fall season. The complete expression is Se'Kara-Lar-Tovis which translates as The Second Turning of the Central Fire.
---Raiders of Gor, 1:1 and Outlaw of Gor, 20:178

axes (noun): found in great cultural variety.

• cahnpi: technically more akin to club than ax, it is the war club of the Red Savages. It consists of a shaped wooden handle up to two feet inlength that is capped with a narrow hatchet-type blade comprised either of sharpened metal, shaped stone or obsidian glass. Versatile in that it can be either used as a hand weapon or thrown.
  ---Blood Brothers of Gor, 1:9

• francisca: Alar war ax. It is a heavy, single-bladed ax.
  ---Mercenaries of Gor, 5:71

• hammer: the war ax of the Hunjer; no description is offered but it is most likely typical of a northern weapon.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 15:227

• Kurii ax: the gigantic two-headed ax of the Kurii, easily capable of chopping a man in half and certainly too large to be used even by the huge men of Torvaldsland. The double-bladed head is iron and the handle is some four inches in diameter, making the ax seven to eight feet in length.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 12:171

• Torvaldsland ax: considered to be one of the most fearsome weapons on Gor; a great, curved-bladed ax whose blade of up to twelve inches and the handle of three to five feet. Designed to be weilded two-handed, it can also be ultilized single-handed by one strong enough. There is one mention of a double-headed ax.
  ---Hunters of Gor, 3:47 and Marauders of Gor, 12:171

• trade ax: a blunt-backed ax more suitable for use as a tool in driving pegs into the ground.
  ---Blood Brothers of Gor, 3:35

- Ba-Ta -

Bakahs (noun): a minor vassal tribe of the Kavars in the Tahari.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 10:153

Bakers, Caste of (noun): one who is a Member of the the Caste of Bakers; those whose trade is the baking of grains and doughs.
---Nomads of Gor, 21:237

Bakers knot (noun): a specialized knot type used to tie a shopping sack around the throat of a slave. Intended to minimize pilfering of pastries and such because the girl cannot see it and also because it is difficult to untie and unlikely to be retied correctly to hide the pilferage.
---Hunters of Gor, 5:65

bana (noun): the Gorean term for the jewelry, made of precious metals and stones, that is worn by free persons.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 4:82

bara (noun): literally, the Gorean word for 'belly', used as a command, wherein a slavegirl will lie on her stomach, her head turned to the left, with her wrists crossed behind her back and with her ankles crossed, ready for binding.
---Explorers of Gor, 5:77 and Mercenaries of Gor, 14:145

barbarian (noun): a person brought to Gor from the planet Earth; an often derogatory pejorative in reference to slavegirls from that planet. It is said that barbarian slavegirls make the most rapturous of slaves.
---Savages of Gor, 4:83-84

basket hitch (noun): a style of knot which is used in securing carrying baskets to hooks on some tarn saddles.
---Assassin of Gor, 5:81

ba-ta: the Gorean word for the second letter of the 28-letter Gorean alphabet.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 12:94

bath girls (noun): the slave girls who work in the public Gorean bath houses, excellent swimmers who spend a great deal of time in the water.
---Assassin of Gor, 13:160

Bazi plague (noun): a pox-type of virulent disease that is transmitted by the bites of lice and has no known cure. It appeared in Bazi port and caused the closure of the port for some two years until it burned itself out. Not all were killed by the plague; some individuals were mildly stricken and recovered and others were seemingly immune. Those it killed died swiftly and horribly, while those who survived it most likely transmitted immunity to their offspring. It is said that slaves who contracted the disease were simply slain as a means of controlling the spread of the plague. Symptoms included pustules that spread over the body, and yellowed whites of the eyes.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 17:325-326 and Explorers of Gor, 6:117-118

Bazi tea (noun): a type of hot tea that is traditionally served heavily sugared. In the Tahari, it is served in three very small cups, drunk in quick succession. In other areas it is served less ritualistically in one cup, but still heavily sugared.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 2:38 and Beasts of Gor, 13:206, 209 and 14:212

bee (noun): mentioned in reference to beekeeping in the north.
---Marauders of Gor, 6:81

beetle (noun): one of the insects mentioned that frevets are used to control.
---Mercenaries of Gor, 22:276

bells (or slave bells) (noun): a variety of musical bells used in various ways on the females and, sometimes, other animals of Gor.

• ankle bells: worn specifically on the ankles, usually in dance or in paga taverns. See also slave bells.
  --- Assassin of Gor, 2:8

• caravan bells: the bells on kaiila, used in the Tahari as a means of alerting a stranded traveller to the presence of rescuers.
  ---Tribesmen of Gor, 1:22

• kaiila bells: the bells worn by Taharian sand kaiila; see caravan bells.
  ---Tribesmen of Gor, 7:115

• slave bells: habitually, slave bells are used as an accessory to enhance a slave's steps when she dances or serves at feasts and gatherings.  It is not common for a slave to be wearing bells in the course of her day-to-day tasks unless they serve a different purpose such as alerting her Master to her whereabouts.  Slave bells are described in many different ways, from the string of tiny bells that wrap about a girl's throat, wrists or ankles, or depend in long strands over her breasts, to the type that are simply added by way of hanging them to collars or slave bracelets. Considered to be the 'music of bondage', that which impresses upon a girl her utter slavery and status as mere animal by the richness and the complete sensuousness of the music they create. In the Tahari oasis towns, even the free women are sometimes belled, to enhance their beauty as well as remind them that they are but women.
  ---Slave Girl of Gor,4:84 and 11:259 and Vagabonds of Gor,1:20-21

• virgin bell: a single ankle bell worn by free girls of the Tahari, not yet companioned, to signal their availability to potential suitors. The bright and clear note of the single, virgin bell is quite different from the sensual chime of the multiple bells worn by slaves.
  ---Tribesmen of Gor, 2:45

belt dance (noun): a dance developed and made famous by the dancing girls of Port Kar; performed with a Warrior. Traditionally, the girl's head is to remain below the level of the Warrior's belt, although in practice it is most important that she cannot rise to her feet.
---Assassin of Gor, 15:185

bina (noun): the Gorean word for 'slave beads'; i.e. slave jewelry: usually tiny, colored, wooden beads, inexpensive glass or metal beads. The word bina is also sometimes used as a slave name.
---Slave girl of Gor, 4:81-82

binding fiber (noun): a strong multi-purpose twine of varying colors made from a fibrous plant; most commonly used to bind a slave's wrists or ankles, or used as a belt for her slave tunic.
---Captive of Gor, 7:64

binding strap (noun): a narrow 18 inch long strap, most often used for binding the wrists and/or ankles of prisoners and slaves.
---Guardsman of Gor, 20:237 and 274

bint (noun): the Gorean term for a fanged, carnivorous marsh eel of the rainforest rivers of Schendi. Dangerous in schools, their threat is greatly multiplied by the fact that tharlarion feed upon them and often follow behind.
---Explorers of Gor, 24:267 and 271

black bread (noun): a variation upon the staple yellos sa-tarna bread, presumable made from a type of sa-tarna.
---Hunters of Gor, 1:13

black dagger (noun): the mark of the Assassin who has 'taken gold'. A small dagger, painted in black on the forehead of those of the Caste of Assassins which indicate the Assassin has been hired and is 'hunting'.
---Assassins of Gor, 2:6

black gold (noun): gold from the hand of an assassin, assumed to have been earned in the plying of his trade, is felt to be somewhat 'unclean' to a Gorean citizen.
---Assassin of Gor, 3:38

black ships (noun): so called are the galleys of Port Kar, those Tarns of the Sea.
---Assassin of Gor, 17:240

black slavers (noun): term for the slavers of Schendi
---Captive of Gor, 13:234

black wine (noun): Made from beans brought back to Gor during the early acquisition voyages and grown in the mountains of Thentis, black wine is Gor's equivalent of earth's coffee in its most potent form, perhaps only espresso comes close to the strong taste described. In the series of books, not even mentioned until Assassins, it is initially quite precious and rare outside of Thentis and its environs; toward the end there is little comment made of its rarity, although the implied ceremony of its service remains.
---Assassins of Gor, 8:106, Slave Girl of Gor, 4:73 and Guardsman of Gor, 20:244

Bleachers, Caste of (noun): possibly a subcaste of Cloth Workers, mentioned in
---Assassin of Gor, 9:111

blotahunka (noun): the Red Savages term for war party leader.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 1:14

Bloketu (noun): the Red Savages word for summer or summertime.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 2:29

Blue-Sky Riders (noun): a warrior society within the Fleer tribe of Red Savages. Recognizable by the marking of a black, horizontal line under a blue, semi-circular line above, representing the black line of the earth under the arched dome of the blue sky.
---Savages of Gor, 15:260

bola (noun): the Gorean term for a weapon most likely developed to hunt the flightless tumit of the plains and used by the Wagon Peoples, consisting of three five-foot straps of leather, each attached to a weighted leather sack at the end which contains a metal weight. As well as being useful in hunting, it is an efficient weapon of war. It is spun overhead and released to fly at its target. Thrown low, it would entangle the object's legs, snarling them hopelessly, occasionally breaking them. Thrown high it can immobilize a man's arms, strangle his throat or even crush his head. Most often used to simply immobilize, and the victim is finished with a quiva. It is also used in the game of running the bola, wherein a kajira attempts, by means of quick changes of direction while running, to evade the bola's kiss and her capture by the warrior pursuing her. Its image is on the Kassar standard as well as burned onto Kassar property such as slaves and bosk.
---Nomads of Gor, 4:24, 70

bondage knot (noun): a loose knot, worn by a slavegirl in her hair on the right side of her face as she kneels, naked, at his feet; it is a silent plea to her master that she be used sexually.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 1:27

bond-maid circle (noun): A circle inscribed into the dirt or traced upon a floor during times of conquest by Torvalds men. To enter the circle, if one is a female, is, by the laws of Torvaldsland, to declare oneself a bond-maid. A woman may enter of her own free will, or be thrown there by force. Either way, she emerges from the bond-maid circle a slave.
---Marauders of Gor, 3:44-45

bond-maid gruel (noun): the Torvaldslandian version of slave porridge, a mud-like, unsweetened mixture of water, Sa-Tarna meal and chopped raw parsit fish.
---Marauders of Gor, 4:56, 63-67

bosk (noun): the Gorean term for a huge, shaggy, ill-tempered bovine which drifts across the plains in large slow-moving herds. Ox-like, it has a humped neck, tiny red eyes and two intimidating horns that curve out, then forward to a sharp point. Crucial and central to the diet of the Wagon Peoples in providing meat, milk and leather, not an element of the bosk is discarded; even its dried dung is used to fuel the fires of the camps. Referred to as the Mother of the Wagon Peoples, it is held so dear that its inadvertent slaughter carries the penalty of gruesome death.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 6:45 and Raiders of Gor, 3:26

bosk horn (noun): an instrument made of the horn of a bosk, used by the Wagon Peoples much as a bugle to sound an alarm or signal for the gathering of forces.
---Nomads of Gor, 23:263

bosk whip (noun): The whip used by Wagon Peoples to herd the bosk.
---Nomads of Gor, 7:43

bow (noun): A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord or cable connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.

• crossbow: a metal bow with heavy cable and leaves of steel and of either the hand-drawn or windlass variety, it is generally favored as the weapon of choice of the assassin and more versatile in its use as a weapon of war due to the fact that it can be drawn and held, able to be released in small quarters and needing less strength to draw. Certainly inferior to the long bow in terms of accuracy, range and rate of fire.
  ---Raiders of Gor, 1:2-4

• horn bow of the Inuits: similar to the horn bow of the Wagon Peoples, used by the Red Hunters of the Polar region, but made of split tabuk horn and bound with sinew. Ineffective beyond 30 yards.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 3:52 and Beasts of Gor, 13:205

• horn bow of the Wagon Peoples: the small, powerful bow much favored by the Wagon Peoples. Effective in close quarters, their wagons have small portals notched into the wagon box, so well-suited is it to cramped spaces. A bow of layered bosk horn, double curved and about four feet in length, reinforced with leather and metal, highly tensile but lacking the power and range of the long bow or the crossbow, it is still a powerfully intimidating weapon when wielded by one who is capable of firing it rapidly.
  ---Nomads of Gor, 2:11, 8:66

• long bow: also referred to as the great bow of the Peasants, it is an enormous bow made from the pliant yellow Ka-la-na wood, the height of a tall man, an inch and a quarter thick at its center and tipped with bosk horn. It requires considerable strength to draw and is devastating in its effect, being able to travel through a four inch thick wood beam at point blank range or pin a man to a wall at two hundred yards. Best known as the weapon of the peasants and somewhat scorned by caste-conscious warriors, it remains virtually unknown in a great many cities, save Thentis and Ko-ro-ba, and is indeed the weapon that led Rencers to independence from Port Kar.
  ---Raiders of Gor, 1:2-4

• northern short bow: another variant of the short bow for the shipes of the northern areas of Gor; used with short, heavy arrows. Accurate within a short range as with the other short bows and advantageous for the same reasons of maneuverability in the close quarters of a ship and a rapid rate of fire.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 3:52

• ship bow: a short, stout bow, similar to the horn bow; maneuverable in close quarters with a rapid rate of fire, if not the accuracy and range of the long bow.
  ---Rogue of Gor, 32:307-308

• small bow of Red Savages: another small, compact bow, said to be by far the quickest of all in rate of fire; favored by the Red Savages of the Barrens.
  ---Savages of Gor, 1:46

bracelets (noun): a type of restraint used upon slaves, rings of (usually) steel used around the wrists and ankles of slaves as a means of restraint. To be braceleted means to be bound.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 9:240

bracelets (verb): a command issued by a Master to a slave, who will, from a standing or kneeling position, pull her arms behind her and turn her face to the left, tipping her chin up, ready to be braceleted and leashed.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 4:78

bracelets, hook (noun): a variation on the more commonly used steel bracelets; cuffs made of soft leather with locks, as well as snaps that require no key. They can be hooked together to further restrain the slave.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 14:297

brail rope (noun): Rope used in the common lateen-rigged Gorean galley to raise the sail to its yard, to be secured there, or lower the sail to open it to the winds. Lateen rigging (a single, triangular sail) is preferred because of the excellent maneuverability lateen rigging provides.
---Hunters of Gor, 2:34

brak bush (noun): the Gorean term for an emetic shrub, the leaves of which, when chewed, have a purgative effect. During the days of the Waiting Hand, most Gorean homes affix branches of the brak bush to their doors and paint them with pitch, thought to discourage the entry of bad luck into the house for the New Year.
---Assassin of Gor, 16:211

brand (noun): the mark seared into the flesh of animals and slaves by a white-hot iron which identifies them permanently as property. The most common slave brand is the kef, a lovely, cursive script of a scrolled 'k'. Another commonly used slave brand is the dina, a small flower. The brand is given impersonally to mark a property as slave, whereas a collar is intensely personal, identifying to whom the slave belongs.
---Outlaw of Gor, 21:188-189, Fighting Slave of Gor, 4:68 and Tribesmen of Gor, 2:42

• knife brand: a form of branding practiced by more primitive peoples on Gor; done with the cutting edge of a knife and powdered pigments rubbed into the opened flesh. The design can be more intricate and detailed than a simple burned brand.
  ---Explorers of Gor, 32:330-331

• northern brand (Torvaldsland): the commonly used brand on bond-maids in the north, consisting of a semi-circle with a steep, diagonal line overlaying it starting at its right tip. The half circle is about an inch and a quarter in width, and the diagonal line about an inch and a quarter in height. The brand is, like many, symbolic. In the north, the bondmaid is sometimes referred to as a woman whose belly lies beneath the sword.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 6:87

• passage brand: brand in the form of spreading boskhorns worn on the forearms of merchants to permit access to the Land of the Wagon Peoples.
  ---Nomads of Gor, 6:34-35

• penalty brand: used as punishment on a slave; tiny, barely a quarter of an inch, but clearly visible brands that can mark a girl as a liar, thief, traitor, etc.
  ---Captive of Gor, 14:277 and 15:310-311

• thief's brand: also called the Thief's Scar, a tiny, three-pronged brand burned into the face in back of and below the eye, over the right cheekbone as a caste mark.
  ---Raiders of Gor, 9:104

branding rack (noun): an apparatus used to immobilize a slave for branding, consisting of vises for the thighs and a central bar in the back with attached cuffs, to which a girl's wrists are bound, behind her back. A branding rack allows the thighs to be held absolutely motionless and thereby ensures the likelihood of a perfect and clear brand.
---Explorers of Gor, 4:71 and Savages of Gor, 8:120-121

breeding wine (noun): also known as second wine, a beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine, making a slavegirl fertile; administered prior to breeding her.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 37:319

buckler (noun): ---Webster's describes a buckler as a small shield, often round, worn on one arm, usually the non-sword arm; used not so much to cover the body, but to stop or parry blows. On Gor, it is described as small, round, an arm-held shield of lacquered black leather. See the weapons page.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 23: 302

Builder (noun): one of the five high castes of Gor, including within it architects, draftsmen, stonemasons and the like; their caste color is yellow. The other four castes are Initiates (white), Scribes (blue), Physicians (green) and Warriors (red).
---Tarnsman of Gor, 4:62

Builder's glass (noun): A long telescope-like implement used for distance sighting, able to be snapped closed and carried by a shoulder-strap.
---Raiders of Gor, 14:198

-C-

Camerius (noun): the Arian term for the third month on the Gorean calendar (in Ko-ro-ba it is called Selnar).
---Assassin of Gor, 17:234-235

camisk (noun): the Gorean term for a rectangular piece of cloth, about 18" wide; reminiscent of a poncho, with a hole cut for the head and belted with a thin strap of leather binding fiber or light chain which is always useful for binding the slave.
---Captive of Gor, 7:64 and Guardsman of Gor, 11:107

camisk, Turian (noun): a variation upon the basic camisk favored in Turia; a piece of cloth in the shave of an inverted T. The leading edge of the fabric is secured to the girl's throat by means of a single tie. The fabric is brought down the front of her body and between her legs and the beveled edges of the crossbar are lifted, pulled tight and wrapped about her thighs. The neck-cord can then be brought about her body a time or two, tieing in front. The Turian camisk does cover the slave's brand but leaves her back bare, and can be tied quite snugly to enhance the slave's beauty.
---Captive of Gor, 11:160

cancega (noun): the Red Savages term for drum.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 2:32

canhanpitasaka (noun): the Red Savages word for lumps of cake sugar.
---Savages of Gor, 14:216

canhanpisasa (noun): the Red Savages word for candy.
---Savages of Gor,14:216

canhanpitiktica (noun): the Red Savages term for flakes of dried molasses.
---Savages of Gor, 14:216

Canpasapawi (noun): the Red Savages word for a phase of the moon when the chokecherries are ripe. (Also called Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut)
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 1:5

canhpi (noun): the Red Savages word for tomahawk, or war club. It consists of a shaped wooden handle up to two feet inlength that is capped with a narrow hatchet-type blade comprised either of sharpened metal, shaped stone or obsidian glass. Versatile in that it can be either used as a hand weapon or thrown.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 1:9

canjellne (verb): the Gorean word for challenge, also used as 'kajira canjellne', meaning 'slave challenge'.
---Slave girl of Gor, 2:21-22

canka (noun): the Red Savages term for fire-steel.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 2:29

capture loop (noun): used by slavers; not specifically described but most likely a loop-slip knot ---arrangement that would tighten by a pull from the captor.
Guardsman of Gor, 17:144

capture knot (noun): a specialized knot that tightens when resisted; used by Warriors to secure their prisoners.
---Assassin of Gor, 5:82

capture scent (noun): an anesthetic compound with effects similar to those of chloroform, a rag soaked with capture scent can render its victim unconscious in just a few ihn; commonly used by slavers. Can also be used as anesthetic darts, which have a slower action.
---Marauders of Gor, 8:116

carnarium (noun): large refuse pits found outside city walls into which garbage and excrement are dumped from the collection vats utilized in the insulae, or tenements. Sewage services in the cities are generally only found in the more affluent areas of the city.
---Magicians of Gor, 3:38

Carriers of Wood (noun): the Gorean caste which, with the Caste of Charcoal Makers, provides most of the common fuel for the Gorean cities.
---Outlaw of Gor, 3:27

carp (noun): fish of the Delta of the Vosk.
---Raiders of Gor, 1:1

carpet plant (noun): a groundcover plant common to the rainforest inland of Schendi, whose fibrous tendrils can be used as bindings.
---Explorers of Gor, 34:347

Cart (noun): a direction on the Gorean compass. True north would be known as Ta-Sardar-Var, since all directions on the planet are calculated from the Sardar Mountains, analgous to the Earth's North Pole. From Ta-Sardar-Var, moving clockwise, would be Ror, Rim, Tun, Vask (analgous to true south, sometimes spoken of as Verus Var, or the true turning away), then Cart, Klim and Kail, ending back again at Tar-Sardar-Var.
---Nomads of Gor, 1:3 (footnote)

casmu (noun): the Red Savages term for sand.
---Savages of Gor, 19:315

Casmu Band (noun): also known as the Sand Band, a sub-group of the Yellow Kaiila Riders, identified by the stylized yellow kailla print, outlined in red, over horizontal red bars, on the flanks of their kaiila. Their lands lie to the west of the Isanna and to the north and west of the Isbu, above the descending northern branch of the Northern Kaiila.
---Savages of Gor, 19:314-315 and Blood Brothers of Gor, 2:24

Caste (noun): a professional and societal structure within the City/States, apportioning members by trade. It includes trade, behavior codes, tradition and even dress codes.
---Fighting Slave of Gor, 16:209-211

Caste code (noun): Series of sayings and ehtical principles by which the members of a particular Caste live.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:40-41

Caste sanctuary (noun): the protection a caste member will offer to one of his caste.
---Assassin of Gor, 15:207-209

cega (noun): the Red Savages word for a vessel such as a pot, kettle, pail or bucket.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 2:32

centipede (noun): found in the jungles of Schendi, mentioned in
---Explorers of Gor, 32:311

Central Fire (noun): term used to refer to the sun, as in En'Kara-Lar-Torvis, The First Turning of the Central Fire. Lar-Torvis is another term used for the sun but the most common term is Tor-tu-Gor, The Light Upon the Home Stone.
---Outlaw of Gor, 20:178

cesli (noun): the Red Savages word for dung, of either men or animals.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 33:288

cespu (noun): the Red Savages word for wart or scab.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 33:288

chain luck (noun): an expression denoting the randomness involved in slave capture when one is not pursuing a specific target.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 8:61

chalwar (noun): the Taharian word for the item of clothing reminiscent of the Earthen harem pants, the sashed, diaphanous trousers whose fullness is closely gathered in at the ankles .
---Tribesmen of Gor, 5:88

Chamber of the Council (noun): each city on Gor has this chamber; it is the room in which the elected representatives of the High Castes meet. High Caste members sit upon benches in tiers around the room. The wall behind each tier is painted the color representing that caste, i.e., white for the Initiates at the bottom, followed by blue for the Scribes, yellow for the Builders, green for the Physicians and red for the Warriors.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 4:61

chamber slave (noun): those slaves, such as Vika of Treve, kept by the Priest-Kings in stone 'cells', to service the ones who actually find their way to the Nest. Since there are no doors to the cells, scanners implanted in the portals recognize the brain patterns of the slaves and prevent their escape by delivering punishment to any who dare to try to cross the portal.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 5:36-40

Char (noun): a vassal tribe of the Tahari, affiliated with the Kavars, along with the Ta'Kara, Kuraz, Bakahs Tashid, Kashani and Raviri.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 23:307

Charcoal Makers, Caste of (noun): the Gorean caste which, with the Caste of Carriers of Wood, provides most of the common fuel for the Gorean cities.
---Outlaw of Gor, 3:27

chatka (noun): the Gorean word for one part of 'clad Kajir' and used mostly by the Wagon Peoples; one of the four articles donned by female slaves of the Wagon Peoples; a long, narrow strip of black leather, about six inches wide and some five feet in length, worn as a sort of breech-clout and held in place by the red corded curla, which ties around the waist; the long ends of the chatka being pulled through and over the curla to dangle front and back, reminiscent of a skirt with no sides and notably leaving the girl's brand always visible.
---Nomads of Gor, 5:30 and Slave Girl of Gor, 18:328-329

choke leash (noun): a type of leash with a sliding loop around the throat; intended to compel obedience with a simple tug.
---Captive of Gor, 9:118

chokecherry (noun): mentioned as one of the fruits used in the making of pemmican.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 4:46

chronometer (noun): the Gorean equivalent of a clock or watch, depending upon size. Found as a clock embedded in the lid of a chest in Tarl's chamber in the Nest; more typically, as a compass-chronometer device where one side is the compass and the other is the chronometer. The device is rare and costly on Gor; more common devices of time-keeping were calibrated candles, sundials, sandglasses, clepsydras and oil clocks. A chronometric temperature device is mentioned in Tarnsman which is used as the control pad for Gorean sleeping mats that sets temperature and time; used to set a 'turn-off' time for the mat so that the discomfort of coldness awakens the sleeper and encourages them to get up.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 4:60 and 6:78; Priest-kings of Gor, 6:48; Tribesmen of Gor, 3:61-62; Magicians of Gor, 21:358

cinto (exclamation): the Red Savages word for surely, certainly or agreed.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 33:288

City/State (noun): the basic political division on Gor, based upon hostile cities occupying what land they can control with a neutral area inbetween.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:42

Cities of Dust (noun): the Gorean term for the land of the dead.
---Outlaw of Gor, 7:61

Civitatis (adverb): the Gorean term for 'citizen of', as in Civitatis Trevis.
---Captive of Gor, 13:266

clad Kajir (noun): for a kajira, to wear the four articles of the Wagon Peoples slave: curla, chatka, kalmak and koora. For kajirus, to wear the kes.
---Nomads of Gor, 5:30

clam, Tamber (noun): shellfish of the Tamber Gulf; its shell is used in the making of jewelry.
---Nomads of Gor, 3:20

Clan (noun): pertains to a system of trade/social role within the social structure of the Wagon Peoples of the Plains who, it is said, do not have Castes. Secondarily mentioned as occuring within the cultures of City/States, in association with the Caste system, more as kinship groups.
---Nomads of Gor, 2:12 (footnote) and Slave Girl of Gor, 9:213

clepsydra (noun): a water-based device for telling time. The inflow type adds water to a container; the level of water measures a unit of time. The ouflow type drains water and the time is then measured by the level of water remaining in the vessel. The accuracy is controlled primarily the shape of the vessel and the aperture through which the water drains.
---Witness of Gor, 34:580

clienthood (noun): a formalized association between individuals and Ubars or Houses which provides mutual protection and/or support.
---Raiders of Gor, 10:129

Cloth-Workers, Caste of (noun): a caste comprised of many sub-castes, all involved in the production of cloth, clothing, rugs, etc.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 2:49-50.

clover, green (noun): low leguminous herbs having trifoliate leaves and flowers in dense heads.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 7:96

Cocoa Tree (noun): said to have been brought from Earth in the early Voyages of Acquisition and grown in southern tropical areas of Gor.
---Kajira of Gor, 3:61

coffle (noun): the Gorean term for an arrangement of locking collars or bracelets affixed to a length of chain, serving to organize slaves together for transport, commonly by linking the slaves by their throats or left ankles or wrists. Also a designation of the actual line of slaves itself.
---Savages of Gor, 8:135-136

Coin Girl (noun): widely regarded as the lowest form of a Gorean street slave, these are the girls who are kept chained in kennels during the day, to be sent out into the streets in the late afternoon, wearing a flattened bell and locked coin box around their necks to earn money for their masters by sexually pleasing the men they might encounter. Sometimes the girls are sent out with their hands braceleted behind their backs. Woe unto the girl who returns with a less than full coin box!
---Guardsman of Gor, 17:143-144

colored grass (noun): dark blue and yellowish-orange grasses are mentioned seen in the gardens of Saphrar, and further, there is mention of lavender grass in the pleasure gardens that are visited in Witness of Gor.
---Nomads of Gor, 19:219 and Witness of Gor, 3:12.

collar (noun): the band worn around the neck of a slave, of various materials depending upon the culture.

• bead collar (noun): The collar used in the Barrens by Red Savages. Rather than the commonly used inscription, the collar is made in a color and pattern code which is unique to each man, thus identifying the slave's owner.
  ---Blood Brothers of Gor, 1:15-1

• capture collar (noun): Essentially, any collar which is made from available materials at the site of capture.
  ---Beasts of Gor, 11:183-184

• coffle collar (noun): varying types of collars that are affixed to lengths of chain. Some are affixed to three or four foot lengths of chain by front and back rings on the collars, others simply have the chain run through the collar itself. Yet others have a single ring, usually on the right, through which a chain is run, using snap rings to affix each girl to the chain.
  ---Savages of Gor, 8:135-136

• cord collar(noun): seen amongst the rencer society; a type of collar bearing a small disc carrying the name of the master.
  ---Vagabonds of Gor, 31:341

• dance collar (noun): Not a specific collar per se, but more to do with chain arrangements than collars; these types of adornments will usually include wrist and ankle cuffs, to which different chains will be affixed, linking the throat, wrists, andles and sometimes waist of the dancer in various fashions for the purpose of display or dancing. Commonly, these collar/chain arrangements will be placed over the regular collar.
  ---Kajira of Gor, 8:142-143

• Kur collar (noun): The lock collar of leather used by Kur on their female cattle.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 18:261

• leather leash collar (noun): a leather collar overlaid on the slave's existing collar, with an attached lead.
  ---Magicians of Gor, 2:33

• lock collar (noun): the common slave collar of Gor; a type of locking collar that is steel, it may be enameled in a variety of colors or sometimes engraved with either the slave's name, or the master's. Apparently given to denote some level of training has been accomplished, replacing a plain plate collar. Collar locks are usually hinged with, it is said, six pins: one for each letter in the word Kajira.
  ---Assassins of Gor, 15:51, 186, 200, Raiders of Gor, 9:113

• message collar(noun): a collar which holds in its folds a message the slave is usually unaware of, but that is easily found by those who recognize the collar. Usually made of a folded, thick leather band, into which the message, usually a piece of paper, will be slipped before the edges are sewn together.
  ---Nomads of Gor, 6:40

• northern collar (Torvaldsland) (noun): the collar of the men of Torvaldsland. It consists of a band of black iron, which is hammered and then riveted around the girl's neck rather than locked as collars usually are.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 6:87

• plank collar(noun): A collar which is formed by splitting a length of wood horizontally and cutting matching semi-circles on both inner edges. When closed around the necks of a row of slaves, it effectively provides both collar and coffle. Used generally to secure slaves to a bench in a barge or ship.
  ---Rogue of Gor, 7:69, Savages of Gor, 2:60

• plate collar (noun): Usually a single band of metal which is shaped to fit the neck with a hammer. It will be seen used on untrained girls, and usually replaced by a lock collar once the training completed.
  ---Assassin of Gor, 12:153-154

• shipping collar(noun): The collar which is placed on a girl who is being shipped as part of a cargo, identifying her as such.
  ---Explorers of Gor, 4:67

• string collar (noun): Leather strings knotted in sets of four, which Red Hunters use as collars. In lieu of the usual inscription, it is the knotting pattern, unique to each master, which serves to identify the slave's owner.
  ---Beasts of Gor, 9:153

• transport collar (noun): Another system used as means of identifying cargo in the process of its transport to the block or the buyer. It involves the use of metal tags on which the necessary information would be placed.
  ---Dancer of Gor, 6:73

• Turian collar (noun): unlike most Gorean slave collars, the Turian collar is made of a single rolled band of metal and fits about the slave's neck loosely enough that a master's hand may fit inside it to pull the slave to him.
  ---Nomads of Gor, 5:29

• work collar (noun): Term used for the collars chained to each other by chains of varying lengths depending on the task at hand, that are placed on slaves which are part of a work chain.
  ---Explorers of Gor, 6:98

collar (command): a Gorean positional command wherein the slavegirl moves quite close to the master, so the he may not be inconvenienced himself by coming to her. She lifts her chin and puts her hands behind her, rendering herself vulnerable to the reading of her collar.
---Witness of Gor, 14:357-358

Collaring Feast (noun): the family celebration marking a young tarnsman's first slave capture. During this feast, the girl is displayed and presented to his family and friends, submitting to his collar before them. The girl will dance for her master and then serve him, to the delight of his sisters, as they are now freed from that task.
---Outlaw of Gor, 6:52-54

collaring anniversary (rite): the ritualistic marking of the acquisition of a slavegirl, performed by some masters; done as much as monthly, usually involving the ceremonial taking of food from the master's hand, or similar ceremonies. The sudden absence of the regularly performed ceremony might serve to spur a lagging girl on to more pleasing behavior.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 3:66

Commander (noun): Title of ranking below that of Ubar, used by the People of the Wagons. In exponential terms, Commander of Ten, a Hundred, and, just below the rank of Ubar, a Thousand. It is, sometimes, an honorific to endow status without necessarily having the concomitant numbers under one's command.
---Nomads of Gor, 22:250-251

Companionship, Free (noun): see Free Companionship

Companionship Price (noun): the monetary gift, or token of goods, offered to the father of a woman who is desired as a Free Companion.
---Hunters of Gor, 12:174-175

con (conj.): the Gorean word for from
---Outlaw of Gor, 20:179

contasta (adv.): the Gorean word literally meaning 'from the founding of'; Contasta Ar, as in from the founding of Ar; a means of chronology upon Gor that dates everything in reference to the founding of this, Gor's greatest city.
---Outlaw of Gor, 20:179

Cosian wingfish (noun): a small blue fish of the waters of Cos, carries poisonous spines along its back. Adept swimmers, they are capable of short flight by gliding on stiffened pectoral fins after hurling themselves out of the water to escape small tharlarion. Also referred to as the Cosian songfish because of the whistling noise made during mating.
---Nomads of Gor, 9:84 and Assassin of Gor, 13:161

Cosmeticians, Caste of (noun): mentioned in
---Assassin of Gor, 9:111

cotanka (noun): the Red Savages word for flute, or love flute.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 54:469

Council Guard (noun): created by the Council of Captains in Port Kar as its effective police force in the city.
---Raiders of Gor, 15:218

Council of Captains (noun): a governing council of Captains in Port Kar, in the neighborhood of one hundred and twenty seats at any given time; they rank just below the five Ubars who nominally rule sections of Port Kar and are also represented as Captains on the Council. The Council maintains and manages the great arsenal of Port Kar, the building and renting of ships and fittings, as well as the various fleets represented amongst the Council members.
---Raiders of Gor, 9:104 and 10:127

Coup (noun): the complex heirarchical ranking structure of battle exploits within the tribes of the Red Savages; based upon the degree of risk, danger and bravery involved in the engagement with the enemy. The highest honors are given for an open-handed touch or strike upon the victim; killing said victim would actually rank much lower in coup. Coup status is involved in much of the societal structure of the Red Savages, controlling rights to leadership, adornment and even mating privileges in some tribes.
--- Savages of Gor, 1:44-46, 260

Courage scar (noun): the first, most outward and highest of the paired series of chevron-shaped scars worked down the sides of the face of a warrior of the Wagon Peoples, always red, applied in acknowledgment of a courageous act. Without the initial Courage Scar at the cheekbones, no other scars can be given to a warrior. Each color denotes a specific action, easily interpreted by those of the Wagon Peoples. Similar to coup, courage scars bestow status and rights within the Wagon Peoples.
---Nomads of Gor, 2:15-16 and 10:113

crossbow: a metal bow with heavy cable and leaves of steel and of either the hand-drawn or windlass variety, it is generally favored as the weapon of choice of the assassin and more versatile in its use as a weapon of war due to the fact that it can be drawn and held, able to be released in small quarters and needing less strength to draw. Certainly inferior to the long bow in terms of accuracy, range and rate of fire.
---Raiders of Gor, 1:2-4

curla (noun): the Gorean word for one part of 'clad Kajir' used mostly by the Wagon Peoples; one of the four articles donned by female slaves of the Wagon Peoples; the twisted red cord worn about the waist through which the chatka is pulled.
---Nomads of Gor, 5:30

Cur-lon Fiber (noun): the Gorean word for a fiber spun by captive Swamp Spiders; used in the textile mills of Ar.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 5:83

Curulean (noun): the most prestigious public auction block in Ar. The great block sits in an amphitheater, boxed tiers for those participating in the auctions, and for those who simply come to watch the activities. For a slave, to be sold from the great block of the Curulean virtually guarantees life, still as a slave, but in a wealthy house.
---Assassin of Gor, 19:283-289 and Captive of Gor, 17:355

Curule chair (noun): used in reference to the chair where one of importance is seated. The formal seating in the Port Kar Council of Captains. English Dictionaries define a curule chair as a Roman-style chair denoting ranking, i.e., the right to sit in the curule chair. Usually shaped like a camp stool, made of or decorated with ivory and gold and used to seat government dignitaries.
---Raiders of Gor, 10:126

curved throwing stick (noun): Gorean light weapon used among the girls of the rencers in hunting birds. Not a boomerang, the stick stuns the bird, which is collected live, along with the floating stick.
---Raiders of Gor, 2:10

cuttlefish (noun): mentioned with no description in
---Marauders of Gor, 8:114

cuwignaka (noun): the Red Savages word for woman's dress.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 1:12

cylinder (noun): the basic architectural style of the Gorean City, a rounded, flat-topped tower, or cylinder, the common dwelling and building that fills the Gorean urban areas. They are of differing sizes and colors and connected by narrow, colorful arched bridges.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 2:23

Cylinder of Documents (noun): City archives.
---Assassin of Gor, 3:27, 41

Cylinder of Justice (noun): courthouse/prison;
---Tarnsman of Gor, 18:194

Cylinder of Warriors(noun): housing for the warriors or Ar
---Assassin of Gor, 3:41-42

cymbal: musical instrument similar to Earth's cymbals.
---Nomads of Gor, 12:153

czehar: the Gorean word for an eight-stringed instrument in the shape of a long, flat rectangular box that is laid across the lap and plucked with a horn pick.
---Nomads of Gor, 12:153-154

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da (conj.): the Gorean word for here
---Slave Girl of Gor, 4:81

dais (noun): the place upon which the Ubar or high ranking person sits.
---Nomads of Gor, 16:193

Dar (adj.): the Gorean word for holy, as in Dar-Kosis, the Holy Disease
---Nomads of Gor, 13:150

Dar-Kosis (noun): the Holy Disease, also called the Sacred Affliction; an incurable, wasting disease akin to the Earth disease of leprosy. Highly contagious, those infected are required to wear yellow robes and carry a wooden noisemaker to warn others of their approach. Many are confined in pits arranged for by the Priest-Kings as an act of charity, where they are fed with food tossed from tarnback. While it is considered heretical to shed the blood of an Afflicted, stoning them to death is, interestingly enough, not regarded as a violation of the Priest-King's injunction against shedding their blood.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 13:150-151

deer (noun): a northern variety is mentioned.
---Marauders of Gor, 7:108

degradation stripe (noun): the manner in which panther girls mark the men who fall prey to them; a two and a half inch wide stripe shaved from the forehead to the back of the neck.
---Hunters of Gor, 13:137

delka (noun): the Gorean word for the fourth letter in the Gorean alphabet, corresponding to the Greek delta.
---Magicians of Gor, 11:176

Delta Brigade (noun): a somewhat spontaneously formed home resistance group that fought against the Cosians occupying Ar, spawned by a comment made by Tarl Cabot in a tavern. The resistance movement grew fueled by rumor, leaving its mark, the delka, or delta, on buildings and monuments and sometimes slashed into the skin of its victims. Because of its growth the Cosians believed a far greater resistance movement existed than really did.
---Magicians of Gor, 11:181-185

dina (noun): the Gorean word for the small, multiple-petaled flower of the hillsides of northern, temperate Gor that has buds similar to a rose, although the open flower bears little resemblance. It is one of the more common designs used as a slave brand and often used as a slave name as well. Also referred to as the Slave Flower. More prized in the South, where it is rare.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 3:61

display chain (noun): a type of coffle chain whereon girls were spaced apart, so as to enhance their desirability by their placement upon the chain. Sometimes 'ranked' by height, sometimes by beauty, sometimes by contrast; the display chain was a tool used to entice buyers.
---Tribesmen of Gor, 1:14

display slave (noun): a slave used for her particular beauty, shown on display to underscore her master's status and affluence to advantage.
---Dancer Girl of Gor, 27:367

dock eel (noun): tenacious freshwater eels, black, about four feet long with strong jaws capable of ripping a chunk of flesh away from its victim. Found near the wharves and docks of river ports.
---Guardsman of Gor, 16:130 and Rogue of Gor, 19:155

Double Knowledge (noun): the dual form of education upon Gor; the First Knowledge referring to that which is taught those not of High Caste. For example, much of Gor is taught that their world is flat. The Second Knowledge, taught to those of High Caste (specifically Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates and Physicians) reveals the truths of their existence upon Gor. Tarl Cabot suspected a Third Knowledge, reserved to the Priest-Kings themselves.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:41-42

double tarn (noun): a monetary unit of Gor, equivalent to two gold tarns.
---Assassin of Gor, 4:44

draft slave (noun): a type of bred slave found upon Gor; often used for heavy work such as bearing palanquins.
---Raiders of Gor, 3:15

duel (noun): the term duel, on Gor, is used in accordance with its known earth definition. There are, as with most things on Gor, particularly as it concerns battle, a number of variations on the forms of duels, some of which are specific to areas or cultures. Prevalent always upon Gor, duels are often used informally to settle all manner of dispute and disagreement, with the typical zest of the Gorean male.

• duel, formal: used in one of two forms in Torvaldsland to settle disputes both legal and personal; commonly seen at The Thing. Combat fields are laid out in sets of adjoining squares but some combatants choose other fields such as skerries on Thassa. More complex than the free duel; each combatant has another to act as his shield bearer. The combatants strike at one another and, hopefully, each shield bearer fends off the strike. Three shields are permitted to each combatant and once these have been hacked to pieces, the shield bearer retires, leaving the combatant to defend himself with his weapon alone. The duel takes place, usually, upon a ten-foot square cloak and may be ended when first blood falls upon the cloak. The loser pays a fee of three silver tarns to the victor, who is obligated to perform some sort of sacrifice, dependent upon the significance of the victory. Used most commonly to settle grievances over boundaries but can be used to acquire women and land and encourages the free men to stay in fighting condition.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 10:145-146

• duel, free: this form permits all weapons and places no restrictions upon tactics or field.
  ---Marauders of Gor, 10:145-146

dung sack (noun): used by the Wagon Peoples to collect bosk dung, utilized for cookfires on the plains. Also figured greatly in punishment of an unruly slave; she would be placed head first in the sack and tied there overnight to contemplate her behavior.
---Nomads of Gor, 8:65

Dust Legs (noun): referred to as a more peaceful perimeter tribe of the Red Savages who readily traded with whites, acting as agents and intermediaries with the other tribes for goods.
---Savages of Gor, 4:85 and 10:148

Duty of the Twelve Joys (ritual): Muls of the Nest of Priest-Kings are required to wash twelve times a day. When Tarl lived in the Nest, he was able, by virtue of the fact that he was Matok, not Mul, to negotiate down his ritual cleansings to six a day.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 12:111-112

Dyers (noun): mentioned as a possible sub-caste of Cloth Workers in
---Assassins of Gor, 9:111

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eca (exclamation): the Red Savages word for well done.
---Blood Brothers of Gor, 2:24

eel (noun): mentioned in
---Raiders of Gor, 9:114

Ehn (noun): the Gorean word for the Gorean minute, of which there are 40 in an ahn (hour); it consists of 80 ihn (seconds).
---Outlaw of Gor, 3:26

en (adj.): the Gorean word for first
---Outlaw of Gor, 20:178

energy bulb (noun): the light bulb of Gor, domelike and wire-protected, they emit clear, soft light for years before requiring replacement. Also called 'illumination globes'.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 18:197

En'Kara (noun): the Gorean term meaning literally, 'the first turning', the month of the vernal equinox.
---Outlaw of Gor, 20:178

En'Var (noun): the Gorean term meaning literally, 'the first resting', the first month of the summer solstice.
---Outlaw of Gor, 20:178

En'Kara-Lar-Torvis (noun): the Gorean term meaning 'The First Turning of the Central Fire', the full expression for the month of the vernal equinox.
---Outlaw of Gor, 20:178

En'Var-Lar-Torvis (noun): the Gorean term meaning 'The First Resting of the Central Fire', the full expression for the first month of the solstices.
---Outlaw of Gor, 20:178

eta (noun): the most frequently occuring letter of the Gorean alphabet, corresponding to the Earth 'e'.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 25:383-384

exotics (noun): slaves bred for unusual characteristics, often a deformity thought to be appealing, for the specialty market.
---Assassin of Gor, 9:115

exchange islands (noun): known also as the Free Islands and administered as free ports by members of the Merchants. Teletus, Tabor to the south, and the more northern Scagnar. Others are Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche. Also the southern islands of Anango and Ianda as well as the far northern Hunjer and west of Torvaldsland, Skjern. These islands, along with some coastal free ports such as Lydius, Helmutsport, Schendi and Bazi make possible commerce between Cos and Tyros and the mainland cities.
---Raiders of Gor, 10:137-138

exhibition cage (noun): auction house cages accessible to the public that display the slaves to be sold at auction.
---Assassin of Gor, 19:287

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faction patch (noun): visible sign of declaration of favor or support worn on the left shoulder in Ar during tarn races. The patch is either red, gold, yellow, silver or green to represent the favored team.
---Assassin of Gor, 1:5 and 1:146

face-strip (verb): the act of stripping away the veils of a Free Woman and the first step in rendering her a slave.
---Rogue of Gor, 22:176 and Kajira of Gor, 13:183

Fairs (noun): held four times a year, at the equinoxes and solstices, the Sardar Fairs are described as small cities, extending over a perimeter of many pasangs at the foot of the Mountains after which they are named. See Celebrations.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 1:10-12

Fair of En'Kara (noun): occurs in the spring, the first fair in the annual cycle of the Sardar Fairs.
---Players of Gor, 1:8

Fair of En'Var (noun): occurs in the early summer, the second fair in the annual cycle of the Sardar Fairs.
---Players of Gor, 1:13

Fair of Se'Kara (noun): the third in the annual cycle of the Sardar Fairs; occurs in the autumn, near the time of the gravitational lessening.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 34:300

Fair of Se'Var (noun): the fourth in the annual cycle of the Sardar Fairs; occurs in the winter.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 34:300

fair weather sail (noun): the large, primary sail on ships, used in gentle winds.
---Hunter of Gor, 2:33

alarm bugle (noun): a military horn; used to warn of impending attacks.
---Tarnsman of Gor, 16:177

Falarian (noun): mentioned as a rare and expensive wine.
---Mercenaries of Gor, 15:158

falarina (adj): the state of having been penetrated, at least once, by a male; opposed to that of profalarina, or that state which is anticipating falarina. Of interest because of the Gorean mindset that defines this in terms of being a non-virgin, whereas Earth looks at the state of being virgin as the primary state. See also glana and metaglana.
---Savages of Gor, 13:202-204 and Dancer of Gor, 9:128

favor (noun): symbolic token of the bestower such as a handkerchief or scarf, given by free women at festivals in a contest.
---Players of Gor, 2:44-45

Feast of Free Companionship (noun): a feast, mentioned as accompanying the ceremonies of free companionship.
---Raiders of Gor, 15:216-217

Feast of Tola (noun): one of three in the Nest Feast cycle, it is the holiday of Priest-Kings which celebrates the Feast of the Deposition of the First Egg. On this day, Priest-Kings, adorned in ceremonial garb, give Gur to the Mother in what apears to be a gesture of bonding and respect. The culmination of the Feast of Tola is the giving of Gur by the greatest of the Priest-Kings, the First Five Born. This moment is known as the March of the First Five Born, in which these five march abreast to the Mother and give her Gur in inverse order of their priority.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 11:87

Feast of Tolam (noun): one of three in the Nest Feast cycle, it is the holiday of Priest-Kings which celebrates the Anniversary of the Nuptial Flight.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 11:8:7

Feast of Tolama (noun): one of three in the Nest Feast cycle, it is the holiday of Priest-Kings which celebrates the Hatch-ing of the First Egg.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 11:87

feeding ritual (noun): an informal but ritualistic giving of food to a slavegirl by the hand of her master, which underscores her absolute dependence upon him. Some masters perform this ritual on monthly anniversaries of a cherished girl's acquisition.
---Slave Girl of Gor, 3:65-66

fermented milk curds (noun): a drink indigenous to the Wagon Peoples that is served in a bowl. Its name describes its origin; it is said to be very potent.
---Nomads of Gor, 5:28

fern (noun): mentioned in
---Nomads of Gor, 16:190 and Kajira of Gor, 16:210

Fest-Season of Odin(noun): a fall festival of Torvladsland
---Marauders of Gor, 16:230

festal (noun): the Gorean word for a shrub found in the marshes of the Vosk delta
---Vagabonds of Gor, 30:339

field light camoflauge (noun): a technique employed by slavers harvesting on Earth, using light beams in conjunction with radar-screening to avoid detection.
---Captive of Gor, 4:31-32

field slave (noun): those who labor in the fields of Gor. Female field slaves often have their hair shorn.
---Outlaw of Gor, 12:105

Fighting Hearts (noun): also referred to as the All Comrades; a prestigious warrior society within the Kaiila tribe of the Red Savages. Recognizable by the marking of a heart and lance on the warrior's kaiila.
---Savages of Gor, 19:314

filimbi (noun): the inland (Schendi) word for flute.
---Explorers of Gor, 20:245

finch (noun): songbird found in various locations on Gor.
---Explorers of Gor, 32:311

fire drill (noun): a tool used to create fire, utilizing a pointed stick, a flat piece of wood and binding fiber.
---Captive of Gor, 13:237

fire maker (noun): tools used to create fire; one variety is a striking tool of flint and steel with a reservior of tharlarion oil that produces a shower of sparks and flame, probably analogous to the Earth flint-based lighter. A second type is a slender silver tube, the end of which, when uncapped, glows and produces a flame.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 16:138, Fighting Slave of Gor, 23:308 and Savages of Gor, 1:15

First Captain (noun): in Port Kar, the leading Captain in the Council of Captains. Also mentioned as a position in Port Cos.
---Raiders of Gor, 15:228 and Guardsman of Gor, 20:243

first girl (noun): a slave designated as senior to all other slaves, who must obey her; usually responsible for work orders and discipline.
---Captive of Gor, 15:294

First Spear (noun): the most skilled spearsman in a larl hunt; he who stands first in the line of spearsmen. Each spearsman, after casting his spear, throws himself down to provide a clear field of aim for the next in line until the Last Spear, who must remain standing and receive the larl's frenzied attack in order to save his brethren's lives.
---Priest-Kings of Gor, 3:20

fire-maker (noun): the Gorean version of a cigarette lighter; a small device with a tharlarion oil-impregnated wick from a tiny reservoir within, ignited by a spark generated by turning a ratcheted steel wheel against a flint splinter by means of a looped thumb handle.
---Savages of Gor, 1:15

First Knowledge (noun): part of the dual form of education upon Gor, provided to those of lower caste; practical if deliberately erroneous (i.e., it teaches that the earth is flat).
---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:41-42

First Stake (noun): the first position in the Field of a Thousand Stakes in the games of Love War, occupied by the most beautiful of the beautiful girls standing at stake as prizes.
---Nomads of Gor, 10:117

First Sword (noun): the most skilled swordsman of the house or city. Depending upon the situation, it may or may not involve ranking rather than simply skill with the blade.
---Nomads of Gor, 10:129 and Kajira of Gor, 4:76

fisher (noun): types of waterside birds; the tufted and the white, wading varieties living by the waters of the lakes in the Schendi jungle.
---Explorers of Gor, 18:236 and 32:311

five strap slave lash (noun): the soft, pliant, broad-