Gorean Dictionary
HALK (noun): a loose, dark, head to toe garb of the Tahari. There is a small lace or mesh covered aperture for the wearer to look through, yet still be concealed.
HAIL (interjection): greeting for Freepersons that is usually reserved for recognized experts or champions in a particular field, from sword fighting to game playing.
HAIR LEASH (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.
HAIR POSSITION (command): in this position a girl stands, crouching slightly behind the Master and deeply bows her head. From this position, she may be led, for example, or moved to another position or simply, controlled.
HAMMER, BLUBBER (noun): used by the Red Hunters to pound whale blubber to loosen it's oil, it is wooden handled and has a stone head. The oil is used in oil lamps, for example.
HAMMERFEST (noun): a town which is part of the Vosk League. It is located west of Ar’s Station.
HAND, AS CHRONOLOGY (noun): the Gorean week consisting of five (5) days; as in Waiting Hand.
HAND, AS HEIGHT (noun): a measurement of height, primarily of kaiila. Both the Wagon People's kaiila and the sand kaiila of the Tahari stand about twenty to twenty-two hands at the shoulder.
HAND, KUR (noun): name of a military unit in Kurii which consists of six Blood.
HANDLE TIE (noun): a girl's ankles are ties together with 12 inches between them and her wrists are bound before her with a lengthy tether; this tether is then drawn between her legs and tied about her neck forming a 'handle' that a Free Person can use to lead her.
HAND SIGNS, RED SAVAGE (noun): A mode of communication common to all the tribes of the Barren, sign is simple, easy to learn and adequate for relaying information.
HARBOUR SIDE (noun): sailors of Cos refer to the left side of the ship by the port of destination and the right side of the ship by the port of registration. When the ports of destination and registration are the same, then the left side of the ship is called the 'harbor side', while the right side continues to be designated as before, by the port of registration. The expressions 'port' and 'starboard' do not exist in Gorean language.
HARFAX (noun): a city within a hundred pasangs of Besnit and Esalinus. It is an ally of Besnit.
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 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.
HARRIGA (noun): a bosk wagon used by the Wagon Peoples.
HAR-TA! (command): faster!
HARUSPEX (noun): a Tuchuk shaman who reads portents and tells the future. He furnishes various amulets and potions, primarily to women who seek magical intercession. Tuchuk women are not allowed to pray to the Sky as the men do. One object of the haruspex is a colored string, which is imbued with magical powers by the sequence of knots tied into it by the haruspex. It is the haruspex, during the Omen Year, who decides if the signs are favorable to choose an Ubar San of the Wagon Peoples. Various methods are used, 'for a piece of meat he would read the wind and the grass; for cup of wine the stars and the flight of birds; for a fat-bellied dinner the liver of a sleen or slave'.
HATCHET GUANTLET (noun): gauntlets used primarily in gladitorial combat of eastern Skjern.
HEEL POSITION (command): the slave follows the Master at his heel, 'where she belongs'. Slightly behind and to his left or right, depending on which side is his weapon hand. The distance behind varies. A coffle of girls being led through a city, may follow inches behind, while in an open field, she may be 5 to 10 feet following.
HELMET, ASSASSIN'S (noun): black helmet sometimes marked with the golden slash of the messenger.
HELMET, CAPTAIN'S (noun): a helmet made identifiable by the crest of sleen fur at the top.
HELMET, COMMON (noun): a plain helmet similar to the Greek helmets with a Y-shaped opening for eyes nose and mouth and cushioned with rolls of leather. 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.
HELMET, WAGON PEOPLES (noun): conical iron helmet fur-rimmed a net of colorful chains dangling before the face to protect leaving only an opening for the eyes.
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, YELLOW BREASTED (noun): a bird of the Northern Forest, it beats with a sharp beak against trees, such as the Tur tree, to hunt for larvae.
HELMUTSPORT (noun): A free trade port on Thassa, coastal city in the north. (Described as being both N of Kassau and S of Kassau.)
HERSIUS (noun): the planet Jupiter; named for a legendary hero of Ar
HIGH CASTE (noun): upper caste system of Gor specifically the Initiates, Scribes, Builders, Physicians and Warriors. They are allowed Second Knowledge. HIGH HARNESS POSITION (command): She tips her face up as high as she can and lets her head fall back to offer the Master her throat, it does not matter if she is kneeling or standing.
HILLS OF ETEOCLES (noun): located southwest of Corcyrus the springs in the hills feed aqueducts for Torcodino.
HINTI (noun, plural): small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they are not parasites
HITH (noun): huge python-like snake.
HITH, GOLDEN (noun): a rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle it's body with his arms.
HO (common prefix) : indicating a lineage.
HOCHBURG (noun): a mountain fortress in the southern Voltai.
HOGARTHE TREES (noun): trees with white-barked with shimmering green leaves, that stand about fifty feet tall and are common in the vicinity of water in the Barrens. Their shape is reminiscent of Earth poplar trees.
HOLMESK (noun): it is located one hundred pasangs south of the Vosk, this is the winter camp of the forces of Ar.
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
HOOK BRACELETS (noun): leather cuffs with locks on them and snaps; they are soft and the snaps require no key. Some men enjoy them on their slaves; by means of the straps the girl may be variously secured by the locked cuffs. HOOK KNIFE (noun): a common knife with a curved blade used in slave competitions or hand-to-hand combat.
HOPA (adj): red savage term meaning pretty or attractive.
HORN BOW, OF THE INNUIT (noun): bow formed with split pieces of tabuk horn, bound with sinew which is not effective beyond thirty yards, used in the land of the Innuit to hunt tabuk on the tundra.
HORN BOW, OF THE WAGON PEOPLES (noun): favored by the Wagon peoples, it hangs from their saddles. It does not have the range or force of the more powerful long bow or cross bow, but it is a fearsome weapon at close range. The young men of the Wagon Peoples are not given a name until they have mastered the bow, the lance and the quiva.
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'. HORT (noun): a measure of distance equal to 1- 1/4 inches
HORTATOR (noun): also known as a keleustes; on an oared ship, the man responsible for beating time for rowers on a copper drum or wooden block.
HOU (phrase): a form of greeting for Red Savages.
HOUSE MARSHAL (noun): a position within a free woman's home responsible for security and/or travel.
HOUSE SLAVE (noun): one whose primary duties are inside the residence. Duties range from personal serving girls to kettle and mat girls.
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
HRIMGAR (noun): barrier
HRIMGAR MOUNTAINS (noun): really two mountain chains, the Axe Glacier lies in a valley between them. There are many passes in these mountains; one is called the pass of Tancred because that is where the herd passes through. These mountains are both east and north of Torvaldsland.
HUDA (noun): a unit of measure equalling 5 tefa
HUNG IN IRON COLLARS (noun): an ancient modality of execution that involves the offenders being chained and suspended by iron collars on posts, taking two to three days to die.
HULNETH (noun): an exchange island, a free port administered by members of the Merchant Caste.
HUNJER (noun): an exchange island, a free port administered by members of the Merchant Caste, located far to the north.
HUNJER WHALE (noun): large black, toothed whale hunted by the Red Hunters. HUNTER'S CATCH (noun): slave garb made of netting.
HUNTING ARROW (noun): an arrow with a long tapering point fastened firmly to the shaft to assist in easy removal from prey.
HURT (noun): a two-legged, domesticated marsupial. It is raised on ranches in several northern cities, herded by sleen and sheared for their white wool. Hurts replace their wool four times a year.
HYRIA (noun): water vessel, container.
IANDA (noun): an exchange island, a free port administered by members of the Merchant Caste, located north of Anango and is close to the shore of Thassa. It has a number of shipyards.
I ASK YOUR FAVOR (phrase): Gorean phrase equivalent to 'Please'
ICE HOUSE (noun): a place Goreans can go to purchase ice during the summer, although most Goreans cannot afford this luxury; the ice cut from ponds in the winter and is stored under saw dust until use.
ICE WAGON (noun): a wagon specifically built to transport ice from ice houses to the residents of those Goreans wealthy enough to afford ice for the summer. IDENTIFICATORY ANKLET (noun): temporary metal anklet fastened about a captured Earth girl's ankle for transportation to Gor; used in place of a collar. IDENTIFICATORY SLAVE BRACELET (noun): used in lieu of a collar, described as silver, it is attached to the wrist of a slave. Information about the owner is inscribed.
IGLU (noun): Innuit word, meaning dwelling or house, the Red Hunters cut blocks of ice with snow knifes to construct them.
IGNORANCE, SLAVE (noun): it is sometimes deemed appropriate that slaves be deliberately kept in ignorance, i.e., not knowing the names of their captors, their whereabouts, or what is to be done with them, at the Master's whim. IHN (noun): the Gorean second, of which there are 80 in an ehn (minute)
IMMUNITY OF THE HERALD (custom): a tradition that an individual bearing a message between warring parties is immune from enslavement.
IMPALEMENT (verb): the impalement of a person on the pole lance or spear with the dying body raised for all to view.
INA (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet, corresponds to the letter "i". INITITATES, CASTE OF (noun): the representatives 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
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
INLAND LANGUAGE (noun): dialects used in the Ushindi region.
INSULA (noun): a crowded, cramped tenement type dwelling, which rents living space to it's inhabitants. They are not noted for their ventilation, luxury, or roominess, they are cheap to build made primarily of wood and brick, usually not built higher that 70 or 80 feet Gorean from the street level.
INTIMACY VEIL (noun): a long, linear, diaphanous face veil worn by Free woman. It's opacity is determined by how many times it is wrapped about the face. INNUITS (noun): The red savage people of the Polar Cap literally means "the People." They live in scattered, isolated communities and war is largely unknown, as they are a kind peaceful people.
IRON BELT (noun): commonly consisting of a horizontal metal bar or strap that snugly encircles a girl's waist with a vertical component attached to the front of this horizontal bar with a hinge. The vertical component is then swung up between a slave's legs and all are fastened at the small of the back with a padlock. Locked around a girl, it ensures that she will not be sexually used by any, save the one with the key.
IRON COLLARS, HUNG IN (noun): an ancient modality of execution that involves the offenders being chained and suspended by iron collars on posts, taking two to three days to die.
IRON MASTER (noun): one who is skilled at piercing ears and noses, branding, and affixing collars to slaves.
IRON PENS (noun): the subterranean retention facilities in a Slaver's house where slaves are kept for training and prior to sale
ISANNA (noun): the Little Knife Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages. ISBU (noun): the Little Stone Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages. ISBU BAND (noun): a sub-group of the All Comrades
ISKANDER (noun): a town, part of the Vosk League. It is east of Ar’s Station and Forest Port.
ISLANDS, FREE (noun): also known as exchange islands, they are administered as Free Ports by the Merchants. Included are Teletus, Tabor, and Scagnar. Others were Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche. In the south are Anango and Ianda, and in the far north, Hunger and Skjern, west of Torvaldsland. These islands, and free ports on the coast such as Lydius and Helmutsport, Schendi and Bazi make possible the commerce between Cos and Tyros and cities of the mainland.
ISLANDS, RENCE (noun): part of the Vosk Delta where the communities of rence growers dwell. They live on rence islands which are small, seldom more than 200 by 250 feet and about 8 to 9 feet thick with an exposed surface above the water of about 3 feet. They are formed entirely from interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh. To prevent unwanted movement, they are tethered by marsh vine to near-by strong rence roots.
ISSUS RIVER (noun): a northwestward flowing river, a tributary to the Vosk, more than one hundred pasangs from Torcodino which uses aqueducts to bring water from this river.
ITANCANKA (noun): Kaiila and Dust Leg word meaning Master, see also Wicayuhe. IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER (noun): bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schendi.
I WISH YOU WELL (phrase): Gorean phrase
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
JASMINE (noun): a town which is part of the Vosk League. It is located west of Ar’s Station, Jort’s Ferry and Point Alfred.
JIT MONKEY (noun): a simian mammal which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi
JORT'S FERRY (noun): town; part of the Vosk League, located on the northern bank and is west of Ar’s Station.
JUNGLE GANT (noun): a bird related to the marsh gant which inhabits the river in rainforests inland of Schendi.
JUNGLE PANTHER (noun): Less dangerous to man than the northern variety inhabitant of the rainforest.
JUNGLE VART (noun): a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
JUNGLE ZAD (noun): a less aggressive cousin of the Tahari zad; small, yellow-winged, scavenging birds with long, yellowish, slightly curved beaks; found in the rainforest inland of Schendi.
JUSTICE WAGON (noun): a form of execution which involved tar and tallow, the contents from a wagon's grease bucket, and fire; a detailed description is not given, but it is noted as evidence of the Gorean's distaste of criminals.
KAFFIYEH (noun): a head covering of the tribesmen of the Tahari, it is a squarish cloth, folded into a trangle, and placed over the head, two points at the side of the shoulders, one in back to protect the back of the neck. It is bound to he head by several loops of cord, the agal.
KAIILA (noun): large (20-22 hands), carnivorous mammal, with a long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is viviparous, 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
KAIILA, DESERT (noun): also known as sand kaiila; this omnivorous animal is related to the southern kaiila and similar in most aspects barring pelt color and rearing of young; pelt color is tawny or black and young are suckled for a length of time. The men of the Tahari Desert use this mount.
KAIILA LANCE (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.
KAIILA MILK (noun): used by the peoples of the Tahari as verr milk is used elsewhere, it is reddish with a salty strong taste due to the content of ferrous sulfate.
KAIILA REINS (noun): a light rein, plaited with 10 to 12 strips of dyed leather. Each strip is cut with knives to be thinner than a thread, but the combination is very strong and durable. Used by the Tribesmen of the Tahari.
KAIILA RIVER (noun): a river in the Barrens, it has two branches known as the North Kaiila River and the South Kaiila River. The Snake River is a tributary of the North Kaiila River. These rivers mark important boundaries in the territories of the Isanna, Napoktan, Wismahi, Isbu and Casmu bands of the Kaiila tribe. It is conjectured that the Kaiila Tribe, finding large herds of kaiila, took the name for themselves, and later the River of the Kaiila Tribe became, simply, the Kaiila River.
KAIILA, SOUTHERN (noun): large (20-22 hands) carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is viviparous has incredible stamina (capable of covering 600 in a day) and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper. It has a rich gold to black. The kaiila is a mammal, but there is no suckling of the young, who begin hunt within hours of birth. These are the mounts of the Wagon Peoples.
KAIL (direction): directional division of a gorean map.
KAILIAUK (noun): stocky ruminant, tawny with red and brown markings on haunches, having 3 horns; stands c. 20-25 hands at the shoulder; weighing as much as 4,000 lbs, they migrate across the Barrens in massive herds, hunted by Red Savages and those who trade in their hides. They have a trident horn.
KAILIAUK, CITY OF (noun): town on the Frontier of The Barrens, NE of Fort Haskins; the easternmost town at the foot of the Thentis mountains. It is a major trade center for the purchase, processing and selling of kailiauk hides taken from the massive herds which traverse The Barrens. It is also a slave trade center, dealing primarily in barbarian girls which are sold at various points along the perimeter.
KAILIAUK, FOREST (noun): four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants, described as short-trunked and tawny. The males have 3 trident-like horns, with brown and reddish bars on the haunches. The males are 400 to 500 Gorean stone (1600-2000lbs) and are 10 hands at the shoulder. The females are 8 hands and weigh 300 - 400 Gorean stone (1200-1600 lbs). Their horns and tooled hides are major exports of the port of Schendi.
KAILIAUK, PRAIRIE (noun): short-trunked, stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains. Their color is tawny with haunches marked in red and brown bars. Their wide heads bear a trident horn. They instinctively circle when resting, their she's and young protected within.
KAILIAUK, TRIBE (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is a dialect of Kaiila.
KAISSA (noun; lit. 'the game'): a board game 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
KAISSA CIPHERS (noun): used by the caste of players for transmission of private messages but can be used by anyone; often extremely difficult to decipher. KAISSA SAND CLOCK (noun): a device used for timing kaiisa moves, it has a spigot arrangement to enable the flow of sand. When it is open for one player, it is off for the other. Each player enables it, as his play is completed. KAJIRA (noun): slave girl; pl. kajirae
KAJIRA CANJELLNE (phrase): Gorean term meaning literally 'slave challenge'; one Gorean challenges another to combat the winner taking the slave as prize. KAJIRII (noun): serves as the plural designation for kajirus, and also is the proper term for the plural when speaking of both slave genders.
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 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 sound box, its 6 strings being plucked; similar to a banjo
KALMAK (noun): vest of black leather worn by the slave girls of the Wagon Peoples
KAMBA (noun): Gorean word for rope.
KAMBA RIVER (noun): empties directly into the Thassa outside the Harbor of Schendi. It leads into the rainforest.
KANDA (noun): a plant which grows in desert regions of Gor. It's roots are extremely toxic, even poisonous, but the leaves can be rolled and formed into strings which are chewed or sucked to produce a stimulant effect.
KANDA SHRUB (noun): A shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots while chewing the leaves has an addictive narcotic. KAN-LARA (noun): slave brand
KANTHAROS (noun): decanter, pitcher.
KARA (noun): turning
KARGASH (noun): Town located on the western coast of Gor between Turia and the Anango Island.
KARL WHALE (noun): four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters.
KASHANI (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars
KASKA (noun): a small hand drum
KASRA (noun): a river port on the Lower Fayeen; downriver from Kurtzal and west of Tor; famed on Gor for its production of red salt. The salt is brought in from secret pits and mines in heavy cylinders on pack kaiila.
KASSARS (noun): one of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples; also called the Blood People; their standard is a scarlet bola
KASSAU (noun): A northern coastal Free Trade Port city located at inlet of Thassa, with the northern forests behind it, northwest of Port Kar and the Mts. of Thentis and west of Torvaldsland. This is a town at the northern brink of the great forests of Gor. The trade is largely in furs from the north, exchanged for weapons, ironbars, salt and luxury items from the south. It is the seat of the High Initiate of the north who claims spiritual sovereignty over Torvaldsland.
KATAII (noun): one of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples, whose members are Negroid; their standard is a yellow bow
KATCH (noun): foliated leaf vegetable.
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!'
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
KELEUSTES (noun): on an oared ship, the man responsible for beating time for rowers on a copper drum or wooden block.
KENNEL (noun): a small, concrete room, usu. 3'x3'x4', having an iron grill for a door, in which a slave girl 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 slave girl whose function is divided between household tasks and sexual servitude
KHURTZAL (noun): A village, upriver from Kasra on the Lower Fayeen River, north of Tor, overland. It is little more than a loading and shipping point on the Lower Fayeen.
KI (adv.): no, not; also indicates a negative (ex. 'la ki kajira' - I am not a slave girl)
KINYANPI (noun): warrior tarnsmen of the Red Savages, they are also called, 'The Flighted Ones'
KIRTLE (noun): the garb of a slave girl of the Torvald thin white woolen garment ankle-length with a deep plunging neckline.
KITES (noun): a type of bird with a shrill call.
KLIM (noun): directional division of a Gorean map.
KLIMA (noun): salt mines of the Tahari desert, Klima was used as a form of penetentiary system where the salt Ubar send all who were found guilty of crimes to serve as slaves. Following the fall of Abdul however, Klima went on to become more of a City ruled by its own.
KNEEL TO THE COFFLE (command): The girls kneel, closely, one behind the other, as their left wrists are placed in wrist rings; this is usually followed by the order to stand and then the order "Lower chain" where the girls lower their wrists. Thusly they are then in line, standing, coffled.
KNEEL TO THE WHIP (position): this command orders a slave to kneel, bowing her head to her knees, her wrists crossed under her as though bound. The position is intended to expose her back to the whip.
KNEE WALK (command): She travels on her knees, without standing, to fetch items or tend to duties. Also a Turian Knee Walk is mentioned, but not described except that it is sometimes used by slave dancers.
KNIFE BRAND (noun): rather like a tattoo, an appropriate design is cut into the thigh of a slave and a colored powder is rubbed into it.
KNIFE, HOOK (noun): a common knife with a curved blade used in slave competitions or hand-to-hand combat.
KNIFE, KILLING (noun): described as a throwing knife like those used in Ar, smaller than the quiva, a kanda paste is applied to the tip of the blade. An assassin's weapon.
KNIFE, SNOW (noun): large curved tabuk-bone, saw-toothed knife, used to cut into the snow to make snow blocks as for building iglu's in the Innuit country of the far north.
KNIFE, TURF (noun): wooden-bladed, saw-edged, paddle-like tool, used by Red Savages to cut and saw sod. When the handle is held in the right hand and the blade is supported with the left, it may be used as a shovel.
KNIFE, WHIP (noun): a whip with razors embedded in the tip.
KNOT BONDAGE (noun): a loose knot tied in a slave's long hair near her right cheek or before her right shoulder that has two meanings, depending on how it is used. If a slave girl approaches a Master and kneels naked before him, looping the knot herself, she silently begs for use. If a Master ties the knot himself, notably during a time of battle, it is his way of marking the girl as taken if he must continue on, leaving her bound behind.
KNOT, CAPTURE (noun): a knot recognized for it's unique turnings as rope or binding fiber tied by a Warrior; usually in the capture of a slave girl but also used on any likely foe.
KODA (noun): Dust Leg word meaning friend.
KODAKICIYAPI (noun): Dust Leg word meaning peace, friendship.
KOLA (noun): Kaiila word meaning friend.
KO-LAR (noun): a misspelling of the word collar often used on IRC. The word ko-lar was used only as a phonetic pronounciation.
KOORA (noun): strip of red fabric worn as a headband by the slave girls of the Wagon Peoples
KO-RO-BA (noun): 1) an archaic expression for a village market. 2) a city northwest of the Thentis Mountains. It is also northwest of Ar, across the Vosk. The city is also known as the Towers of the Morning. Its Administrator is Matthew Cabot, the father of Tarl Cabot. The city was destroyed by the Priest-Kings once but was permitted to be rebuilt.
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, semicircular 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
KUR HAND (noun): name of a military unit in Kurii which consists of six Blood.
KURII AXE (noun): great, double-bladed iron axe some seven or eight feet in height. The blade, from tip to tip is two feet in width. The handle is made of carved, green needle wood, round and four inches in diameter.
KURII, RACE OF (noun): an alien race existing in their space ships, which orbit in the asteroid belts of the outer atmosphere, their 'Steel World'. It is thought that their own world had been destroyed, partially as a result of their advanced technology, ferocity, and greed. They are locked in a war with the Priest-Kings for the domination of Gor and Earth. Their ships have sometimes been shattered and have fallen to the surface. It is the practice of the Priest-Kings to destroy the wrecks, but they do not hunt down and exterminate the survivors. These marooned Kur are allowed to live if they abide by the laws of the Priest-Kings. They are extremely powerful, hightly intelligent, fond of killing and technologically advanced.
KURII SHIELD (noun): a wide iron shield, round and four feet in diameter.
KURT (noun): the five bladed slave whip
KURTZAL (noun): village is north of Tor; little more than a loading and shipping point on the Lower Fayeen.
KWAH (noun): a Gorean letter similiar to "q".
