GOREAN INFORMATION ALPHABETICAL F-K

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face-strip (verb): to remove the veil(s) worn by a free woman; to do so usually means that she is to be enslaved. See "Robes of Concealment"

Fighting Hearts (noun): see All Comrades

filimbi (Inland Schendi dialect; noun): flute

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

First Girl (noun): the kajira that is selected to be in charge of the other slaves of their house or chain. Usually the oldest or best trained is selected for the position. The first girl must answer for any misbehavor of the others.

First Knowledge (noun): the education available to the lower castes, such as the Peasants; it is practical, if occasionally deliberately erroneous (i.e. it purports that Gor is a flat disk)

flahdah (noun): a tree of the Tahari having lanceolate leaves; the trunk leans, like that of a palm tree

Flame Death (noun): a form of capital punishment imposed by the Priest-Kings and triggered from the Sardar; in it, the victim seems to spontaneously erupt in blue flames

flaminium (noun): a largish scarlet flower having 5 petals

fleer (noun): large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night

Fleer (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens

fleer, prairie (noun): yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill; sometimes called the 'maize bird' or 'corn bird' from the belief that it is usually the first bird to find food

Foot (noun); a unit of measurement equal to 10 horts, or 12 1/2 Earth inches

fora (noun): chain; pl. fori - chains

Frame of Humiliation (noun): wooden frame to which the condemned person is tied before it is set adrift in the Vosk River, so that he may die of exposure and/or dehydration, if he is not eaten by tharlarion or other carnivorous reptiles

Free Companion (noun): spouse; consort

Free Companionship (noun): the Gorean equivalent of marriage; must be renewed annually

freedom veil (noun): see veil of the citizeness. See "Robes of Concealment"

Frobicain (noun): the drug which, when injected into the spine, keeps abducted Earth girls unconscious during transport to Gor

fruit tindel (noun): a bird? which inhabits the rainforests of the Schendi area

G

gant, jungle (noun): a bird, related to the marsh gant, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

gant, marsh (noun): a long-legged marsh bird with a piping cry; similar to a curlew?

gantling (noun): a young gant giani (noun): a large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

gieron (noun): a drug, an allergen, which causes a yellowing of the whites of the eyes; in combination with sajel, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague. See also sajel

gim, horned (noun): a small owl-like bird, c. 4 ozs. in weight, which inhabits the forests of northern Gor

gim, lang (long?) (noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

gim, yellow (noun): a bird, related to the horned gim, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

gint (noun): a tiny (6") freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes & flipper-like fins; is amphibious, having both lungs & gills; is capable of walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the company of tharlarion, feeding off the scraps of their kills

gint, giant (noun): a large cousin of the gint found in western Gor, similar in appearance, but with a 4-spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins

Girl Catch (noun): game in which 1 or more slavegirls are set as quarry for men to catch & rape; there are various versions, some of which are played between competing cities; a simple version pits a naked, belled, hooded girl against 5 or more hooded men; after the referee signals the start of the game by calling 'Quarry', the girl must move every 5 Ihn, trying to elude her pursuers; when she is caught, the referee calls 'Capture', and the man who has caught her throws her to the ground & rapes her, after which he sits out the subsequent rounds; the game continues until all but the last male player (the loser) has caught & raped the girl

girl-yoke (noun): a narrow piece of wood c. 5' long with holes drilled in the middle and at each end; to secure a girl in this yoke, a thong is tied around one wrist, the end of the thong then being passed through the hole in one end of the yoke; the thong is then passed through the middle hole of the yoke, wrapped around the girl's neck 5 times, then passed back out through the same hole, after which it is passed through the hole at the other end of the yoke, so that her other wrist may be tied to the yoke; shorter (2 1/2' long) versions are sometimes used while the girl is serving her master's pleasure; used mostly among the Red Savages of the Barrens

Glass of the Builders (noun): telescope

gliding urt (noun): a small rodent found in the region inland of Schendi; can travel between trees and from tree to ground much in the manner of a flying squirrel

Golden Beetle (noun): an insect, roughly the size of a rhinoceros, which lives in the caverns below the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar Mountains; its prey is the Priest-Kings themselves

Gor (noun): A word meaning 'Home Stone'. Also A planet known as 'Counter Earth'. A planet that is in Earth's orbit but exactly on the opposite side of the sun. Hense always out of Earth's view.

grub borer (noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

grunt (noun): a large, carnivorous, salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature; similar to the shark of Earth

grunt, blue (noun): a small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood

Gur (noun): a thin, white honey-like liquid secreted in the Nest by a large, grey domesticated arthropod which feeds on Sim plants; when fermented in the social stomachs of somnolent Priest-Kings, it is ritually fed to the Mother of the Nest on the Feast of Tola

Gur Carriers (noun): mutated Muls who can climb walls and who gather the fermented Gur for the Feast of Tola

guyapi (Dust Leg dialect; noun): slavegirl

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hand (noun): the Gorean week, consisting of five (5) days

Hand (noun): in Kur terminology, the basic military group, consisting of five soldiers and their leader, called the Eye

Harl ring (noun): a form of slave chain which consists of an ankle ring with a welded ring in back and a yard of in front; the chains terminates in a locking device which can be attached to another Harl ring, around a post, or to itself in order the secure the slave who wears it; named for its inventor

harriga (noun): the bosk wagons of the Wagon Peoples; they are large, about the size of a large room; the black-painted wagon box stands c. 6' from the ground, & is covered by an arched frame covered with painted bosk hides, much like a Conestoga wagon; each wagon is pulled by 8 bosk

har-ta! (command): faster!

haruspex (noun): soothsayer; omen-taker

Herd of Tancred (noun): immense herd of northern tabuk which migrates north from Torvaldsland to the Gorean arctice every En'Kara; the Red Hunters depend on the herd for meat, hides, etc.

herlit (noun): Gorean eagle, having a wingspan of 6-8 feet; is carnivorous, and has yellow feathers tipped with black; also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes', from its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it; inhabits the Barrens

hermit bird (noun): a yellow-breasted bird with a sharp beak which lives on larvae it digs out of the bark of trees; similar to Earth woodpecker

Hersius (noun): the planet Jupiter; named for a legendary hero of Ar

himaca (Kaiila dialect; phrase): I am hinti (noun, plural): small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they are not parasites

hith (noun): huge python-like snake

ho (Kaiila dialect; adverb): yes

hodari (Inland Schendi dialect; adjective): brave; ex: askari hodari - brave soldier

homan (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from the Cretan alphabet

Home Stone (noun): 1) a stone, often circular and flat, that is sacred to each dwelling, and is to be defended ferociously by even the meanest peasant; 2) a similar stone that represents the soul of a city; to be without a Home Stone is to lack citizenship

hook-billed gort (noun): a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts

hopa (Dust Leg dialect; adjective): pretty; attractive

hort (noun): a measure of distance equal to 1- 1/4 inches. See also Weights and measures of Gor

hou (Dust Leg dialect): greetings

house veil (noun): the next-to-last veil worn by free women, esp. when in the company of men not of her own family; worn over the pride veil, and under the street veil upon leaving the house. See "Robes of Concealment"

hrimgar (noun): harrier

huda (noun): a unit of measure equalling 5 tefa

Hunjer whale (noun): toothed whale which inhabits the waters off Torvaldsland & northward; very large (40+ ' long), black, & cylindrical in shape

hurt (noun): a kangaroo-like animal whose wool is used for cloth

I

I ask your favor (phrase): Gorean phrase equivalent to 'Please'

I wish you well (phrase): Gorean phrase of farewell

Ihn (noun): the Gorean second, of which there are 80 in an ehn (minute)

ina (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet

Inititates, Caste of (noun): the representa- tives of the Priest-Kings in Gorean society; the Initiates are one of the five High Castes, and are the religious branch of the government; their caste color is white. For other castes, see Castes of Gor

initiatory whipping (noun): the beating, usually of about 10 strokes, which a slavegirl receives upon being brought into a new household, to remind her that she is a slave and under discipline

iron pens (noun): the subterranean retention facilities in a Slaver's house where slaves are kept for training and prior to sale

Isbu Band (noun): a sub-group of the All Comrades

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jard (noun): a small, yellow-winged scavenger bird of the rainforest inland of Schendi

jarl (noun): the title for a leader of warriors in Torvaldsland; also, the title by which all free men of Torvaldsland are addressed by slaves

jit monkey (noun): a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

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kaiila (noun): large (20-22 hands), carnivorous mammal, with a long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is vivaparous, has incredible stamina, and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper; in the Tahari, its long hair is used to braid rope; its milk is potable by humans

Kaiila (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is related to that of the Dust Legs

kailiauk (noun): stocky ruminant, tawny with red and brown markings on haunches, having 3 horns; stands c. 20-25 hands at the shoulder

Kailiauk (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is a dialect of Kaiila

Kaissa (noun; lit. 'the game'): a boardgame much favored on Gor; the board is marked with 100 squares, colored alternately red and yellow; there are 20 pieces per side, which represent Ubar and Ubara, Initiates, Riders of the High Tharlarion, Tarnsmen, Scribes, Builders, Spearmen or Spear Slaves, and the Home Stone; it is played much like chess, the object being to capture one's opponent's Home Stone; in Torvaldsland, the Ubar, Ubara, tarnsman, Initiate, and Scribes are replaced by the Jarl, Jarl's Woman, Ax, Rune-Priest, and Singer, respectively

kajira (noun): slave girl; pl. kajirae. See also " bond-maid "

kajirus (noun): male slave; pl. kajiri

Kajuralia (noun; lit. 'holiday of slaves'): a festival, similar to the Feast of Fools, is which slaves trade places with their masters and have much freedom to play tricks on free persons; celebrated in most cities on the last day of the 12th Passage Hand, but in Ar and some other cities on the last day of the 5th month, the day before the Love Feast

Ka-la-na (noun): 1) a tree with very strong yellow wood, used for making bows; 2) a very potent dry white or red wine, made from the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree

kal-da (noun): alcoholic beverage made of ka- la-na wine diluted with citrus juices and mixed with strong spices, and served hot

kalika (noun): musical instrument having a long neck and hemispheric soundbox, its 6 strings being plucked; similar to a banjo

kalmak (noun): vest of black leather worn by the slavegirls of the Wagon Peoples

kan-lara (noun): slave brand

Kashani (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars

kaska (noun): a small hand drum

Kavars (noun): a major tribe of the Tahari; their vassal tribes are the Ta'Kara, Bakahs, Char, and Kashani; their war-cry is 'Kavars Supreme!'

kanda (noun): a shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots, while chewing the leaves has an addictive narcotic effect

kara (noun): turning

Kassars (noun): one of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples; also called the Blood People; their standard is a scarlet bola

Kataii (noun): one of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples, whose members are negroid; their standard is a yellow bow

kef (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet, analogous with the Earth letter 'K'; the first letter of the Gorean words for male and female slaves, and hence often used as a brand

kennel (noun): a small, concrete room, usu. 3'x3'x4', having an iron grill for a door, in which a slavegirl may be confined at night

kes (noun): 1. a shrub whose salty, blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage 2. short tunic of black leather worn by the male slaves of the Wagon Peoples

kettle-and-mat girl (noun): a slavegirl whose function is divided between household tasks and sexual servitude

ki (adv.): no, not; also indicates a negative (ex. 'la ki kajira' - I am not a slavegirl)

ko-lar (noun): slave collar, based on the English Earth word 'collar'

koora (noun): strip of red fabric worn as a headband by the slavegirls of the Wagon Peoples

ko-ro-ba (noun): village market (obsolete); cap. a major city-state, often referred to as the 'Towers of the Morning'

kort (noun): a rinded fruit of the Tahari; served sliced with melted cheese and nutmeg

kosis (noun): disease

Kur (noun; lit. 'beast'; pl. kurii; a corruption of their name for themselves): a large (8-9') furred, mammal having 4 legs, which can stand upright or on all fours; each paw has 6 multiply-jointed digits with retractable claws and an opposing thumb, so that it can grip; it has 2 rows of teeth; they are incredibly strong and ferocious, and are carnivorous, even to eating humans

kurdah (noun): a small, light, semi-circular tent, c. 3' in diameter and 4' high, carried by a pack kaiila, in which women (slave or free) may ride; the frame is of tem-wood and is covered with layers of white rep-cloth; used mainly in the Tahari

kurt (noun): the five-bladed slave whip