Q
Quala - (noun): small, dun-colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff,
brushy mane of black hair; plural: qualae
Quarrel - (noun): small arrow of the crossbow; initial velocity
is the better part of a pasang per second.
Quiva - (noun): balanced saddle knife, about a foot in length, double
edged; it tapers to a daggerlike point; is regarded, on the whole,
as more of a missile weapon than a hand knife; are wrought in the
smithies of Ar.
R
Ram-berries - (noun): small, succulent berries
Ram-ship - (noun): war galley, having up to 3 banks of oars as well
as masts and sails; named for the battering rams on the prow
Rarius - (noun; pl.rarii): warrior
Raviri - (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal
tribe of the Aretai
Ravishment
lamp - (noun): a small tharlarion- oil lamp, found in
the chamber of a master; its soft glow is sufficient to illuminate
a slavegirl as she is raped
Red
Hunters - (noun): the peoples who inhabit the Gorean arctic;
in appearance and culture, they are similar to the Eskimos of Earth
Red
Savages - (noun): the peoples to inhabit the plains area (Barrens)
of Gor; in appearance and culture, they are similar to the American
Indians of Earth
Rence - (noun): a tufted, reed-like plant that grows in the marshes;
used for making paper; from the root comes wooden tools and utensils;
from the stem comes reed boats, sails, mats, cords and a kind of
fibrous cloth - pith is edible; staple in rence growers diet edible
both raw and cooked
Rence
beer - (noun): steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed
seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant.
Rence
paper - (noun): papyrus; there are 8 grades
Rence
paste - (noun): wet; when fried on a flat stone it makes a kind
of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds
Rep - 1) (noun): a fiber plant similar to cotton; 2) (Var.) repcloth
(noun): rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant; analogous
to cotton muslin
Repcloth -
(noun): rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant; analogous
to cotton muslin
River
Shark - (noun): a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish
with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor
Robes
of Concealment - (noun): the mode of dress favored by free
women in some of the larger city-states (i.e. Ar, Ko-ro-ba, Turia,
etc.); it consists of one or more hooded robes of heavy brocade,
or other opaque fabric, plus up to five face veils
Round
ship - (noun): heavy cargo & passenger ships, having up
to 3 banks of 10 oars to a side; not as swift or maneuverable as
ramships, having a keel-to-beam ratio of 6:1; has 2 rudders, and
2 permanent, lateen-rigged masts; carries a crew of 20-25 free men,
plus up to 200 oar-slaves
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