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Saber: an unpopular weapon 

“. . .the saber, incidentally, which would be somewhat more effective from kaiila back, is almost unknown on Gor. . .”  Nomads of Gor, page 123 

“The saber, incidentally, is not only unpopular among the Wagon Peoples but among the warriors of Gor generally; it is regarded as being too long and clumsy a weapon for the close, sharp combat so dear to the heart of the warrior of the cities; further it is not of much use from the saddle of a tarn or tharlarion.”  Nomads of Gor, page 124 

Sacred Place: located in the Sardar Mountains, maintained by Priest-Kings: Tarnsman of Gor, page 29

Saddle Makers, Caste of: Mentioned in the books.

"or Saddle-Makers, with which it was sometimes compared." Outlaw of Gor, page 103

Sadism/Masochism: the different between BDSM and Gorean Masters

"Perhaps it should only be added that the Gorean master, though often strict, is seldom cruel. The girl knows, if she pleases him, her lot will be an easy one. She will almost never encounter sadism or wanton cruelty, for the psychological environment that tends to breed these diseases is largely absent from Gor. This does not mean that she will not expect to be beaten if she disobeys, or fails to please her master." Outlaw of Gor, page 53

sajel: a drug which causes harmless pustules to erupt on the body; in combination with gieron, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague

"My pursuit of you was foiled," I said, "by the results of the drug you placed in my paga."

"The drug," said Shaba, "was a simple combination of sajel, a simple pustulant, and gieron, an unusual allergen. Mixed they produce a facsimile of the superficial symptoms of Bazi plague."

"I could have been killed," I said, "by the mob."

I did not think many would care to approach you," said Shaba.

"It was not your intention then that I be killed?" I asked.

"Certainly not," said Shaba. "if that was all that was desired, kanda might have been introduced into your drink as easily as sajel and gieron" Explorers of Gor, page 154

salt: Come from Klima in two forms, either white or red. It is also made from sea water or the burning of seaweed in Torvaldsland

"Most salt at Klima is white, but certain of the mines deliver red salt, red from the ferrous oxide in its composition, which is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after its port of embarkation, at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen." Tribesmen of Gor, page 238

"…salt, incidentally, is obtained by the men of Torvaldsland, most commonly, from sea water or the burning of seaweed. It is also, however, a trade commodity, and is sometimes taken in raids. the red and yellow salts of the south, some of which I saw on the tables, are not domestic to Torvaldsland" Marauders of Gor, pages 186-187

san: one; fem. sana: Nomads of Gor, page 146

sa'ng: without: Outlaw of Gor, page 216

sa-fora - (lit. 'chain-daughter'): slavegirl: Hunters of Gor, page 194

sa'ng-fori - (lit. 'without chains'): freedom: Outlaw of Gor, page 216

salamanders: inhabit the brine pits of the salt mines, white and blind with long stemlike legs with fern-like filaments which are feather gills: 

Inhabiting the brine pits along with the lelts; the salamanders are also white and blind. Unlike the lelts, though, salmanders have legs and external gills.

"Among the lelts, too, were, here and there, tiny salamanders, they, too, white and blind. Like the lelts, they were, for their size, long-bodied, were capable of long periods of domancy and possessed a slow metabolism, useful in an environment in which food is not plentiful. Unlike the lelts, they had long stem like legs, but the filaments, in the case of the salamanders, interestingly, are not vibration receptors, but feather gills, an external gill system." Tribesmen of Gor, pages 247-248

Salerian Confederation: an alliance of 4 cities - Ti, Port Olni, Lara, and Vonda - formed to rid the Olni River of pirates & to protect inland shipping:: Savages of Gor, page 88

Samnium: a city of Gor

two hundred pasangs east and south of Brundisium, a walled city, spared the savageries of war with Cos, because of her alliance with them. Mercenaries of Gor, pages 9 and 14

sand flies: a type of insect at inhabit the oasis of the Tahari 

"Following such rains, great clouds of sand flies appear, wakened from dormancy. These feast on kaiila and men. Normally, flying insects are found only in the vicinity of the oasis." Tribesmen of Gor, page 152

sar: king: Outlaw of Gor, page 13

Sardar: Priest-Kings: Outlaw of Gor, page 13

Sardar Mountains: location of the Sacred Place, home of the Priest-Kings: Tarnsman of Gor, page 29

Sardar Mountain Fairs: The Gorean equivalent of the World's Fair on Earth, these are four huge trade fairs which are held quarterly in the shadow of the Sardar Mountain Range. Each young person of Gor is expected to make a pilgrimage to the foot of the Sardar Mountains before he or she reaches their 25th birthday. They typically last ten full days (plus at least that long for set up and break down) and are scheduled to coincide with the solstices and equinoxes. Therefore, the four annual Fairs are:

The Fair of En'Kara (March 21st-March 30th)
The Fair of En`Var (June 19th -June 28th)
The Fair of Se`Kara (September 22nd-October 1st)
The Fair of Se`Var (December 21st-December 30th)

"One is the fairs at the Sardar Mountains which occur four times a year and are number chronologically." Outlaw of Gor, page 179

"each Gorean, whether male or female, is expected to see the Sardar Mountains, in honor of the Priest-Kings, at least once in his life, prior to his twenty-fifth year." Priest-Kings of Gor, page 12

"They had thought to come to the Sardar as free women, discharging their obligation to the Priest-Kings. They would leave as slave girls." Priest-Kings of Gor, page 13

sa-tarna - (lit. 'life-daughter'): grain, specifically wheat

"Economically, the base of the Gorean life was the free peasant, which was perhaps the lowest but undoubtedly the most fundamental caste, and the staple crop was a yellow grain called Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter." Tarnsman of Gor, page 43

sa-tassna - (lit. 'life-mother'): meat; food in general: Tarnsman of Gor, page 43

scarlet rug: a scarlet rug, used in Tharna, on which a free woman, naked and bound with yellow cords, must submit as slave to her master, first hearing him recite a ritual poem, then yielding physically: Outlaw of Gor, page 205

Schendi: Mighty seaport/river port, which exists on the edge of the subequatorial rainforests and jungle regions of Gor. A free city, governed under merchant law. This is the primary city of the black tribesmen of Schendi, and home of the League of Black Slavers. Due to its strategic position at the mouth of the southern Cartius River, it is a major trade centre for the various spices, raw materials and trade goods of the jungle regions. It is similar in certain respects to the ancient capital of Ethiopia, and to other large African seaports of the same period on Earth.

"Many goods pass in and out of Schendi, as would be the case in any major port, such as precious metals, jewels, tapestries, rugs, silks, horn and horn products, medicines, sugars and salts, scrolls, papers, inks, lumber, stone, cloth, ointments, perfumes, dried fruit, some dried fish, many root vegetables, chains, craft tools, agricultural implements, such as hoe heads and metal flail blades, wines and pagas, colorful birds and slaves. Schendi's most significant exports are doubtless spice and hides, with kailiauk horn and horn products being of great importance. One of her most delicious exports is palm wine. One of her most famous, and precious, exports are the small carved sapphires of Schendi. These are generally a deep blue, but some are purple and others, interestingly, white or yellow. They are usually carved in the shape of tiny panthers, but sometimes other animals are found as well, usually small animals or birds.....The population of Schendi is probably about a million people. The great majority of these are black. Individuals of all races, however, Schendi being a cosmopolitan port, frequent the city."  Explorers of Gor, page 115

scorpion: found in the canopy level of the rainforest:

Here, too, may be found snakes and monkeys, gliding urts, leaf urts, squirrels, climbing, long-tailed porcupines, lizards, sloths, and the usual varieties of insects, ants, centipedes, scorpions, beetles and flies, and so on. Explorers of Gor, page 311 

scimitar, Tahari: A long curved sword used either one-handed or with two-hands, depending upon the situation. It has a wickedly curved, single-edged blade honed to razor-sharpness, that will easily part silk dropped upon its edge. Even a light stroke of a Tahari scimitar will pass effortlessly through the flesh, leaving a carved mark 1/4" inch deep in the bone beneath. The overall blade length is perhaps thirty or more inches, with an 8" inch long "false-edge" across the back of the tip, for backhanded slashes. Used one handed from kailla back it is incredibly deadly; used two-handed upon the ground it is equally terrifying.
This weapon is mentioned in Book #4, Nomads of Gor, and described further in Book #10, Tribesmen of Gor.

“I observed the scimitar. It was a wickedly curved blade.”   Tribesmen of Gor, page 120 

 “. . .with the razor-sharp scimitars of the Tahari. . .”  Tribesmen of Gor, page 123

“Silk, dropped upon the scimitar of the Tahari, divided, falls free, floating, to the floor.”  Tribesmen of Gor, page 60 

“Gron, bare chested, stood beside him, resting the point of a great, long, curved sword on the tiles at his feet.” Fighting Slave of Gor, page 118 

Scribes - Second of the High Castes - They are the scholars of Gorean society, the writers and the historians. In their keeping are almost all of the accounting, records keeping, and writing upon Gor. They tend to be serious and studious, with an attention to detail and a passion for knowledge. Sub-classes of this caste include the Mapmakers (explorers), Magistrates, Lawyers, Scholars, Record Keepers, Teachers, Clerks, Historians and Accountants are all Scribes.  Their caste color is Blue.

These tiers shared the color of that portion of the wall behind them, the caste colors. The tier nearest the floor, which denoted some preferential status, the white tier, was occupied by the Initiates, Interpreters of the Will of the Priest Kings. In order, the ascending tiers; blue, yellow, green and red were occupied by representatives of the Scribes, Builders, Physicians, and Warriors." Tarnsman of Gor, page 61

 "The Scribes, of course, are the scholars and clerks of Gor, and there are divisions and rankings within the group, from simple copiers to the savants of the city." Tarnsman of Gor, page 44

On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians" Tarnsman of Gor, page 41

'Ho!' cried Torm, that most improbable member of the Caste of Scribes, throwing his blue robes over his head." Tarnsman of Gor, page 36

scrolls, Gorean: Manuals of the Pens of Mira, Leonora's Compendium, Songs of Dina, or Hargon's The Nature and Arts of the Female Slave: Magicians of Gor, page 193

scytale: marked ribbon wrapped around a spear, when the marks are aligned a message can be read: Explorers, page 10

se: second: Outlaw of Gor, page 178

second growth patches: area of the jungle that are impenetrable or almost impenetrable, normally occurring only where men have cleared land, and then, later, abandoned it, normally found along the rivers: Explorers of Gor, page 313

Second Knowledge: the education available to the higher castes; it is more esoteric, and includes knowledge of Earth: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 40

second slave: referring to the serving of black wine, it indicates that the consumer prefers to drink it without creams or sugars: Guardsman of Gor, page 245

second wine: also called breeding wine, reverses the effects of slave wine:

In the concentrated state as in slave wine developed by the Caste of Physicians the effect ( of sip root ) is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for its remission, usually administered to a slave in what is called breeding wine or second wine"  Blood Brothers of Gor page 319

Se'Kara - (lit. 'second turning'): the seventh month of the Gorean calendar, that of the autumnal equinox, roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of September: Outlaw of Gor, page 178

Se'Kara-Lar-Torvis: The Second Kara, or the Second Turning, the month of the autumnal equinox, but usually called simply Se'Kara: Outlaw of Gor, page 178

selling chain: slave girls who are sold in groups are put into a chain which may be fastened taut at either end; the girls are spaced on the chain, so that they don't crowd together and be more easily displayed; unclothed always:

" it was not a “display chain”; in the “display chain,” or “selling chain,” the arrangement of the girls may be determined by a variety of considerations, aesthetic and psychological; for example, blondes may be alternated with brunets, voluptuous girls with slim, vital girls, aristocratic girls with sweet, peasant wenches, and so on; sometimes a girl is placed between two who are less beautiful, to enhance her beauty; sometimes the most beautiful is saved for last on the chain; sometimes the chain is used as a ranking device, the most beautiful being placed at its head, the other girls then competing with one another constantly to move to a new wrist-ring, snap-lock or collar, one higher on the chain Tribesmen of Gor, page 14

Selnar: the third month of the Gorean calendar (in Ko-ro-ba and some other cities): Assassin of Gor, page 235

sereem diamonds: red, sparking, white flecked stones of great value: 

Before Suleiman, now, there lay five stones, three sereem diamonds, red, sparkling, white flecked, and two opals, one a common sort, milky in color, and the other an unusual flame opal, reddish and blue. Tribesman of Gor, page 92

Se'Var - (lit. 'second resting'): the tenth month of the Gorean calendar, that of the winter solstice, roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of December: Outlaw of Gor, page 178

Se'Var-Lar-Torvis: the Second Resting of the Central Fire, simply known as Se'Var: Outlaw of Gor, page 17

serves: there are many different ways kajirae serves Masters

"Bring me paga," I said. "Oh!" she wept, in misery. "Oh, oh." I looked at her. "Yes, Master," she wept, and rose quickly to her feet, hurrying toward the paga vat. I watched her withdraw. How lovely she was!......I watched her waiting, to dip her paga vessel Vagabonds of Gor, pages 17 

Temione had now filled her paga vessel. She picked up a goblet from a rack near the vat. The shelving on the rack was of narrow wooden rods. The goblets are kept upside down on the rods. In this way, washed, they can drain, and dry. This also affords them some protection from dust. I watched her carefully wipe the goblet. Woe to the slave who would dare to serve paga or wine in a dirty goblet!  Vagabonds of Gor,  Page 20

She made certain her knees were widely spread in the sand, and then she extended her arms, her head down, between them, the bowl held out to our young guest. "Water, captor?'' she inquired.  Vagabonds of Gor, Page 352

The girl who had gone to fetch my paga now returned and knelt before the table. She kissed the goblet, and then, her head down, between her extended arms, proffered it to me. "Paga, Master?" she asked.  Vagabonds of Gor,  Page 401

Quickly, with a tiny sound of bells, and the small sounds of the necklaces and bracelets, the girl reached for the paga goblet. Then, kneeling there before me, her knees widely, piteously, opened, clad in a bit of slave silk, she kissed and licked deferentially, humbly, at the goblet. Then, head down, her arms extended, she proffered it to me. Vagabonds of Gor, Page 407

"`Wine, Master?' she asked. 'Yes, Slave,' he said. Then she knelt before him, back on her heels, head down, lifting the goblet to him, proffering it to the master with both hands."  Slave Girl of Gor, page 405

"One of the men lifted his cup and I hurried to him. I took the cup and filled it...then I pressed my lips to his cup as I must, as a slave girl, and handed it to him."  Slave Girl of Gor, page 89

"He extended the goblet to me. `Drink,' he said, offering me the cup. I looked at the rim of the cup. I shook with terror. `A slave girl dares not touch with her lips the rim of that cup which has been touched with the lips of her master,' I whispered."  Captive of Gor, page 302

"`Paga!' called the standing man. `Paga!' A blonde girl, nude, with a string of pearls wound about her steel collar, ran to the table and, from the bronze vessel, on its strap, about her shoulder, poured paga into the goblet before the seated man. The fellow who stood by the table, scarcely noticing the girl, placed a tarsk-bit in her mouth, and she fled back to the counter where, under the eye of a paga attendant, she spit the coin into a copper bowl." Rogue of Gor, page 77

“Serve me wine,” he said.
I turned and, among the furnishings of the tent, found a bottle of Ka-la-na, of good vintage, from the vineyards of Ar, the loot of a caravan raid. I then took the wine, with a small copper bowl, and a black, red-trimmed wine crater, to the side of the fire. I poured some of the wine into the small copper bowl, and set it on the tripod over the tiny fire in the fire bowl.  He sat cross-legged, facing me, and I knelt by the fire, facing him.  After a time I took the copper bowl from the fire and held it against my cheek. I returned it again to the tripod, and again we waited.
Again I took the bowl from the fire. It was now not comfortable to hold the bowl, but it was not painful to do so. I poured the wine from the small copper bowl into the black, red-trimmed wine crater, placing the small bowl in a rack to one side of the fire. I swirled, slowly, the wine in the wine crater. I saw my reflection in the redness, the blondness of my hair, dark in the wine, and the collar, with its bells, about my throat.
I now, in the fashion of the slave girl of Treve, held the wine crater against my right cheek. I could feel the warmth of the wine through the side of the crater.
“Is it ready?” he asked.
A master of Treve does not care to be told that his girl thinks it is. He wishes to be told Yes, or No.
“Yes,” I whispered.
I did not know how he cared for his wine, for some men of Treve wish it warm, others almost hot. I did not know how he wished it. What if it were not as he wished it!
“Serve me wine,” he said.
I, carrying the wine crater, rose to my feet and approached him. I then knelt before him, with a rustle of slave bells, in the position of the pleasure slave. I put my head down and, with both hands, extending my arms to him, held forth the wine crater. “I offer you wine, Master,” I said.
He took the wine, and I watched, in terror. He sipped it, and smiled. I nearly fainted. I would not be beaten.  Captive of Gor, page 332

"I almost fainted. I went to him and, shaking, poured paga into his goblet; I was terrified that I might spill it; it was not only that I feared, should I spill the beverage, that I might be beaten for my clumsiness; it was even more than I wished to appear graceful and beautiful before him; but I shook, and was awkward; the paga sloshed in the goblet but, as my heart almost stood still, it did not spill; he looked at me; I was a clumsy girl, and a poor slave; I felt so small and unworthy before him; I was not only a girl, small and weak before these mighty men; I was not even a good slave. Trembling, I extended the goblet to him. He did not take it. I shrank back, confused. I did not know what to do. I realizes then that I had, in my confusion and distress, forgotten to place my lips upon the goblet in subservience. I quickly pressed my lips to the goblet, kissing it. Then, suddenly, as I was to hand it to him, I boldly, again, lifted the goblet s side to my lips. Holding it in both hands, I kissed it again, lovingly, delicately, fully, lingering, my eyes closed. I had never kissed a boy on Earth with the helplessness and passion that I bestowed upon the mere goblet of my Gorean captor. I belonged to him. I was his. I loved him! I felt the metal of the cup beneath my full, pressing lips. I opened my eyes. I proffered, tears in my eyes, the cup of paga to my captor. It was though, with the cup, I was giving myself to him. Yet I knew I needed not give myself to him, for I was his, and a slave girl; he could take me whenever he wished me. He took the cup from my hands, and dismissed me." Slave Girl of Gor, page 68

"Paga, Master?" she asked, kneeling before me, the metal cup held before her, in her two hands. "Yes," I said. She proffered the cup to me. she knelt back on her heels, her knees wide, and extended her arms to me, the cup in her hands. "Did you not neglect to kiss it?" I asked her. She drew back the cup and, pressing her lips to it, kissed it. "Is that how a slave kisses the cup of a master?" I asked. She again turned her head to the side and pressed her lips softly, lingeringly, against it. Then she kissed it. I saw a tremor course through her body. I think, them, for the first time, she had begun to understand what it might be truly, to kiss the cup of a master. Then again, kneeling back on her heels, her knees wide, extending her arms to me, the cup in her hands, she proffered me the drink. "Your head should be down, between your arms." I said. She put her head down. Again I saw a small movement in her body, a tremor, subtle. She had put her head down before a man. Another consequence of this position is that the girl's eyes, in the specific act of her serving, do not meet those of the master. They are lowered before his, as one who submits. This is also reminiscent, in an experienced girl, of her training. Often in training, a girl is not permitted to look into the eyes of the trainer, unless he should specifically extend this permission. Indeed, in some cities,the girl in training may not raise her eyes above the trainer's belt, unless, again, specifically accorded this permission. "Speak," I said to her. "Your paga, Master," she said. But I did not take the paga. "Do you know other phrases?" I asked. there were many, actually, and they tend to vary from tavern to tavern, and from city to city. There was, really, no standardization in such matters. She trembled, head down, proffering me the paga. "Your girl brings you drink, Master," she said. "Any others?" I asked. "Here is your drink, Master," she said. "I beg to serve you further in any way I may." "Another," I said. "Do not forget I come with the price of the cup," she said."Use me as you will, Master." "Another," I said sharply. "For your pleasure," she said, "I bring you paga and a slave." "Personalized phrase," I said. "E," she said. "Evelyn," I corrected her. "Evelyn, tenders drink humbly to Master," she said. "Evelyn hopes Master will later find her suitable to give him pleasure." "Another." I said. "I am Evelyn," she said. "I serve you, naked and collared. Take me later to the alcove, I beg to be taught my slavery." I then took the paga. "You may now serve the others" I said to her"   Explorers of Gor, page 160 -161

"In a few moments she returned through the door bearing a tray. She knelt near the table, put the tray on the floor, unbidden performed obeisance and then, as though submissively, put the tray on the table, and put the paga, in a small kanthatros, and the bread on its trencher, before me. Then she put the bowl of porridge, with a spoon, before me. She then withdrew, taking the tray, and put it to the side, on the floor, again performing obeisance, unbidden, and then knelt back, as though in attendance."  Renegades of Gor, page 71

Aphris got up and fetched not a skin, but a bottle, of wine, Ka-la-na wine, from the Ka-la-na orchards of great Ar itself. She also brought a black, red-trimmed wine crater from the isle of Cos.
“May I serve you?” she asked.  Kamchak’s eyes glinted. “Yes,” he said. 
She poured wine into the crater and replaced the bottle. Kamchak had watched her hands very carefully. She had had to break the seal on the bottle to open it. The crater had been upside down when she had picked it up. If she had poisoned the wine she had certainly done so deftly.
Then she knelt before him in the position of the Pleasure Slave and, head down, arms extended, offered him the crater.  Nomads of Gor, page 151

“Serve him wine,” said he, “or you will be stripped and thrown into a pen of male slaves.”
The girl turned and withdrew, then approached again, climbing the stairs, delicately, as though timidly, head down. Then she leaned forward, bending her knees slightly, her body graceful, and spoke, her voice a whisper in my ear, an invitation, “Wine, Master?” as though offering not wine, but herself. In a large house, with various slave girls, it is thought only an act of courtesy on the part of a host to permit a guest the use of one of the girls for the evening. Each of the girls considered eligible for this service, at one time or another during the evening, will approach the guest and offer him wine. His choice is indicated by the one from whom he accepts wine.
I looked at the girl. Her eyes met mine, softly. Her lips were slightly parted. “Wine, Master?” she asked.
“Yes,” I said, “I will have wine.”
She poured the diluted wine into my cup, bowed her head and with a shy smile, backed gracefully down the stairs behind me, then turned and hurried away.  Assassin of Gor, page 89 

"The ulo, or woman's knife, with its semicircular blade, customarily fixed to a wooden handle, is not well suited to carving. It is better at cutting meat and slicing sinew." Beasts of Gor, page 262

sharks: a long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw, several rows of triangular teeth, a sickle-like tail, and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari: also a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor: also  Deadly fresh water hunter of the marshes.. Similar in shape to the shark of earth: 

There are several varieties of shark on Gor; the marsh and river sharks as well as the salt shark that inhabits the brine pits of Klima. The marsh shark is eel-like, long, and has nine gills. The river shark is black with triangular dorsal fins and lives in the fresh waters of Gor. The salt shark is white, blind, and also has a dorsal fin and is nine gilled. "Beyond them would be the almost eel-like, long-bodied, nine-gilled Gorean marsh sharks." Raiders of Gor, page 58

"I saw a sudden movement in the water. Something, with a twist of its great spine had suddenly darted from the waters under the pier and entered the current of the Laurius. I saw the flash of a triangular, black dorsal fin.

I screamed Lana looked out, pointing after it. 'A river shark,' she cried, excitedly." Captive of Gor, page 79

"We saw the broad, blunt head, eyeless, white. On the whitish back, near the high dorsal fin, there was a long scar. Part of the dorsal fin itself was rent, and scarred. These were lance marks. At the top of the food chain in the pits, a descendant, dark-adapted, of the terrors of the ancient seas, stood the long-bodied, nine-gilled salt shark." Tribesmen of Gor, page 249

"A recalcitrant girl may be kept on the oar for hours. There is also, however some danger in this, for sea sleen and the white sharks of the north occasionally attempt to tear such a girl from the oar." Marauders of Gor, page 66

she-quadruped: a discipline whereby the slave is forbidden to assume a human position.  She must remain upon hands and knees until commanded otherwise. She may also only use only her mouth and teeth to grasp and manipulate objects: Mercenaries of Gor, page 215

In this discipline the female is forbidden human speech. She is also forbidden human posture, in the sense that she is not allowed to rise to her feet. Her locomotion, unless commanded to roll, or put under similar commands, suitable for a pet, will be on all fours. Her food will be thrown to her, or put in pans on the ground. In either case, she must feed without the use of her hands. She may also, of course, be fed by hand, but, again, will not be permitted to touch the food with her hands. She may be taught tricks. Sometimes these are taught as functions of arbitrary sounds, so that she must learn them as any animal might, without the benefit of an earlier understanding of the word used. If she is slow to learn, of course, she is punished, as would be any other animal. When used, too, it will commonly be in the modality of the she-quadrupled. This discipline is often used as a punishment, but it may figure in the training of a new girl. It helps her to understand what she now is, an animal totally subject to her master. Mercenaries of Gor, page 215-216

"In what slavery, or slaveries, will Master place me?" she asked.
I looked at her position. "Perhaps in these slavery of the she-quadruped,"
I said. "Master may do so, if he wishes," she said, "if it pleases him, or amuses him."
"In this form of slavery, which is commonly used for disciplinary purposes, or for the amusement of the Master, the woman is not permitted to arise from all fours; similarly she is not permitted human speech, though she may signify needs and desires by such means as cringing, and moaning and whimpering. Not permitted the use of her hands, save as a means of locomotion, she must also eat and drink from pans set on the floor, or, sometimes to satisfy her thirst, she must lap the water permitted to her from puddles or lick pillages from the tiles; too, it is no uncommon to chain her near her master's feet, while he dines, that he may, if he wishes, throw her scraps of food. She will also be taught tricks, through which paces she may be put for the entertainment of her master's guests, such things as begging, lying down, rolling over, and fetching his sandals in her teeth. And, needless to say, when her master wishes to use her sexually, it will be a position common to the she-quadruped." Guardsman of Gor, page 225

she-urts: short for 'she-urts of the wharves', homeless free girls - runaways, vagabonds, orphans, etc. - who live near the canals in port cities, surviving by scavenging, begging, stealing, and sleeping with paga attendants; they sleep wherever they find space, and usually wear a brief tunic instead of Robes of Concealment: 

I stopped on the walkway. Ahead, some yards, was a girl dark-haired, lying on her belly on the walkway, reaching with her hand down to the canal, to fish out edible garbage. She was barefoot, and wore a brief, brown rag. I did not think she was a slave. Some free girls, runaways, vagabonds, girls of no family or position, live about port cities, scavenging as they can, begging, stealing, sleeping at night in crates and under bridges and piers. They are called the she-urts of the wharves. Every once in a while there is a move to have them rounded up and collared but it seldom comes to anything. Explorers of Gor, page 47

shields: Several different types of shield are described in the series. Typically they are round in shape, though they range in size from the huge shield used by the Gor-bound Kurii to the small bucklers wielded by gladiators in the Stadium of Blades in Ar. The most common shield in use upon Gor is the standard warrior's shield of the civilized cities. This is a largish round shield comprised of many concentric overlapping layers of dried shaped leather, probably stretched over a wooden or metal frame, and banded for extra strength with brass or iron bands. It is fitted with a pair of straps whereby it can be worn upon the user's arm, typically the left one, and is worn slung across the back for ease of movement while its user in travelling from place to place. Among the civilized armies of Gor such shields are normally painted boldly and have infixed in them some device for identifying the bearer's city. The Warriors of the southern city of Turia are known for their usage of distinctive shields, which are oval, rather than circular, in shape. Shields appear in every book of the series.

...and the rounded shield of layered bosk hide, with its double sling, riveted with pegs of iron and bound with hoops of brass;...Raiders of Gor, Page 68

The round shield, concentric overlapping layers of hardened leather riveted together and bound with hoops of brass, fitted with the double sling for carrying on the left arm, was similarly unmarked. Normally the Gorean shield is painted boldly and has infixed in it some device for identifying the bearer's city. Outlaw of Gor, Page 21

The morning sun flashed from their helmets, their long tharlarion lances, the metal embossments on their oval shields, unlike the rounded shields of most Gorean cities. Nomads of Gor, Page 113

“. . .the large rounded shields common to Gorean infantry in the north, behind which a warrior might crouch. . .” Blood Brothers of Gor page 416 

“The bronze head of the spear had cut through the brass loops on the shield and pierced the seven hardened concentric layers of bosk hide which formed it.” Outlaw of Gor, page 237

“Normally the Gorean shield is painted boldly and has infixed in it some device for identifying the bearer’s city.” Outlaw of Gor, page 21 

“He wore a helmet and carried the Turian shield, which is oval.” Nomads of Gor, page 123 

“The shields were round, and of wood, variously painted, some reinforced with iron bands, others with leather, some with small bronze plates.”  Marauders of Gor, page 32 

“I saw then that their action had been diversionary, to occupy us while other longboats, fixed with wicker shields, of the sort used for naval bowmen, lay along the chain.”  Guardsman of Gor, page 11 

“Behind the Kur, to one side, stood two other Kurii. They, like the first, were fearsome creatures. Each carried a wide, round shield, of iron, some four feet in diameter.”  Marauders of Gor, page 171 

“Lake Ngao, which was discovered by Shaba, and named by him, was named for a shield, because of its long, oval shape. The shields in this area tend to have that shape.”  Explorers of Gor, page 100 

“He then raised a spear and set it, like the shield, at his feet. This gesture is a military convention employed by commanders on Gor when calling for a parley or conference. It signifies a truce, literally the temporary putting aside of weapons. In surrender, on the other hand, the shield straps and the shaft of the spear are broken, indicating that the vanquished has disarmed himself and places himself at the mercy of the conqueror.”  Tarnsman of Gor, page 187

“It is not uncommon for a warrior to keep his shield in its case or cover when not fighting. It is removed from the case, or cover, also, of course, when it is sunned, set forth to draw in power and medicine from the yellow, life-giving, blazing star of two worlds, Sol or Tor-tu-Gor, Light Upon the Home Stone.” Blood Brothers of Gor, page 302 

ship bows: short, stout, maneuverable, easy to use in crowded quarters, easy to fire across the bulwarks of galleys locked in combat: Rogue of Gor, page 307

shipping collar: a loose, generic collar worn by slaves when being shipped as cargo: Explorers of Gor, page73

Ship slave cages : where a slave is kept while being shipped by boat

These were small cages, lashed down, sometimes kept on the deck of a crowded slave ship. This ship, a small one, had only twenty such cages, arranged amidships in two rows, back to back, two cages high, five cages long. In harsh weather, and at night, these cages are often covered with tarpaulins; this tends to prevent undue weathering of the cage metal due to salt and moisture. Slave Girl of Gor, page 317

short bow: This weapon is heavily used upon Gor for hunting, sport and warfare. Among its adherents are the warriors of the Wagon Peoples, the panther girls (or Talunas), the Red Hunters and the Red Savages. It is much smaller in size than the great bow, and is better suited for use from the back of a kailla, tharlarion or tarn. It is often carved from a single, flexible piece of tem wood or ka-la-na wood, though such peoples as the Wagon Peoples and the Red Savages can craft shortbows of layered wood and horn, which gives such bows much greater strength and durability. Among the Red Hunters, it is a common practice to treat such bows against inclement weather by smearing them with liquefied blubber taken from the carcass of the Hunjer whale. The shortbow can fire as many different types of arrowheads as can its larger cousin, though with substantially less range and penetrating power. The arrows used by the shortbow are also much shorter than those employed by the great bow, due to the shorter range of the weapon's "pull." These bows come in all shapes and sizes, and are found throughout Gor.

I learned as well the rope and bow. The bow, of course, small, for use from the saddle, lacks the range and power of the Gorean longbow or crossbow; still, at close range, with considerable force, firing rapidly, arrow after arrow, it is a fearsome weapon. Nomads of Gor , page 66 

“. . .at his back was a quiver containing arrows, and a short bow of sinew-bound, layered horn. Such men are seldom seen on Gor. They are the natives of the polar basin.”  Beasts of Gor, page 48 

“The man removes his bow from the fringed, beaded bow case,” said Kog.”  Savages of Gor, page 44 

 “They were short, ship bows, stout and maneuverable, easy to use in crowded quarters, easy to fire across the bulwarks of galleys locked in combat. . . . Their rate of fire, of course, is much superior to that of the crossbow, either of the draw or windlass, variety. All things considered the ship bow is an ideal missile weapon for close-range naval combat. It is superior in this respect even to the peasant bow, or long bow, which excels it in impact, range and accuracy.”  Rouge of Gor, pages 307

“. . .the short bow of the Gorean north, with its short, heavy arrows, heavily headed, lacks the range and power of the peasant bow of the south. . .the advantage that it is more manageable in close quarters. . .easier to fire it through a thole port, the oar withdrawn.”  Marauders of Gor, page 52 

“The small bow has many advantages. High among these is the rapidity with which it may be drawn and fired. A skilled warrior, in the Gorean gravity, can fire ten arrows into the air, the last leaving the bow before the first has returned to the earth. No Gorean weapon can match it in its rate of fire. At close range it can be devastating. Two further advantages of the small bow that might be mentioned are its maneuverability and its capacity to be concealed, say beneath a robe. It can be easily swept from one side of the kaiila to the other.”  Savages of Gor, page 46 

“She carried a short, yellow bow, of Ka-la-ha wood, which could clear the saddle of the tharlarion. . .”  Beasts of Gor, page 111 

“Some call them the forest girls,” said Ute. “Others call them the panther girls, for they dress themselves in the teeth and skins of forest panthers, which they slay with their spears and bows.”  Captive of Gor, page 82 

 “Their arrows, their bows being smaller, are not as long as the common sheaf arrow of the long bow. . .”  Hunters of Gor, page 214

 “Small straight bows, of course, not the powerful long bow, are, on the other hand, reasonably common on Gor, and these are often used for hunting light game, such as the brush-maned, three-toed Qualae, the yellow-pelted, single-horned Tabuk, and runaway slaves.”  Raiders of Gor, page 4

short sword, Gorean: The common Gorean shortsword, designed to be used in conjunction with the round battle shield so often favored by Gorean warriors, is described as a leaf-shaped, double-edged blade with a short single-handed rip. The grip is typically either of polished ka-la-na or temwood, either unadorned or wrapped in leather, cloth or cord. The blade of this weapon is between twenty and twenty-two inches in length, and it is worn either in a belt scabbard on the left hip or alternately in the same scabbard, slung over the left shoulder for travel. In later books this weapon is described as a "gladius," which implies that rather than a typical crossguard assembly it sports a simple sculpted or disk-shaped hilt, without lengthy quillions, and either a plain disk-shaped or knobbed pommel.

Tarl Cabot also mentions that this weapon is ideal for the kind of swift, close-up infighting, which is so near and dear to the hearts of the Gorean male. Typically honed to razor sharpness, the owner can even achieve a keen enough edge that when a piece of silk is dropped upon the blade, the fabric will part effortlessly. The best example of such blades comes from the smithies of Ar and Ko-ro-ba. During the tempering process such blades are commonly quenched in wine, though it is not unknown for the red-hot metal to be quenched by driving it through the body of a male slave. Such shortswords are heavily employed in the city states that have a standing army, since one of its primary uses is for it to be wielded by a standing formation of men in matched ranks, shield in one hand and sword in the other. Unlike the traditional Roman gladius, however, this small weapon is often used singly, without the benefit of a shield, and the Goreans seem to have developed a system for attack and defense with it which is not unlike that of traditional fencing. 

I had again my sword, that wine-tempered blade of fine, double-edged Gorean steel, carried even at the siege of Ar, so long ago, with its scabbard; ... Raiders of Gor, Page 68

 “. . .the blade of a Koroban short sword, with the edge that would divide silk dropped upon it. . .”  Nomads of Gor, page 25

 “. . .the oil with which I protected the blade of my sword from rust. . .” Priest-Kings of Gor, page 56

 “I examined the blade and the light coat of oil that protected it.”  Priest-Kings of Gor, page 174

“He then fetched a bit of oil and a sharpening stone from his things and, returning to his place, removed his sword from its scabbard. He then, slowly, patiently, with great care, addressed himself to the blade. Gorean men usually sharpen their own swords. They tend to trust the edge on the weapon to no one but themselves.”  Dancer of Gor, page 459 

“Most Gorean scabbards are not moisture proof, as this would entail either too close a fit for the blade or an impeding flap. I slung the scabbard strap over my left shoulder, in the Gorean fashion. In this way the scabbard, the blade once drawn, may be discarded, with its strap, which accouterments, otherwise, might constitute an encumbrance in combat. On marches, incidentally, and in certain other contexts, the strap, which is adjustable, is usually put over the right shoulder. This minimizes slippage in common and recurrent motion.”  Savages of Gor, page 13 

shu: a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from oriental calligraphy; represents the sh sound:

"The next most frequently occurring letters in Gorean," said Bosk, "are Tau, Al-Ka, Omnion and Nu. Following these in frequency of occurrence are Ar, Ina, Shu and Homan, and so on." Slave Girl of Gor, page 383

"It is true," said Bosk. "Further, over sixty percent of the language consists of those five letters plus Ar, Ina, Shu, and Homan." Slave Girl of Gor, page 384 

'Shu' is represented by a sign which seems clearly oriental in origin. Explorers of Gor, page 9  

sidge: a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from cuneiform:

'Sidge', on the other hand, could be cuneiform. Explorers of Gor, page 9 

side-block girl: a slavegirl sold for a fixed price from the side block of a slave auction house, instead of auctioned from the main block; used disparagingly: Savages of Gor, page 107

sign of the hammer: a gesture of the Torvaldslander saluting Thor their God

The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which must have been of the measure of five gallons. over this he then closed his fist. It was the sign of the hammer, the sign of Thor. The tankard then, with two great bronze handles, was passed from hands to hands among the rowers. The men threw back their heads and, the liquid spilling down their bodies, drank ale. It was the victory ale. Marauders of Gor, page 82 

signature knot: a complex knot whose tying is known only to the one who invented it: Savages of Gor, page 214

silks: a type of clothing worn by kajirae. 

"I looked about myself. There were men at the tables, the girls, in slave bells, and yellow silk, serving them. The proprietor had now returned behind the counter, as was polishing paga goblets." Hunters of Gor, page 55

"She came through the kitchen door, in the tiny slip of diaphanous yellow silk allotted to paga slaves, bells locked on her left ankle." Hunters of Gor, page 56

"on the shoulder or off the shoulder, with high necklines or plunging necklines, in open or closed garments, tightly or flowingly, and in various lengths in halters and G-strings, or mere G-strings in strips wound about her body in brief tunics wrap around tunics or with a disrobing loop at the left shoulder." Dancer of Gor, page 225

"He nodded to the girl. To the music she unhooked her slave halter of yellow silk and, as though contemptuously, discarded it." Tribesmen of Gor, page 104

She wore the briefly skirted, sleeveless slave livery common in the northern cities of Gor, the livery was yellow and split to the cord that served as her belt; about her throat she wore a matching collar, yellow enameled over steel." Assassin of Gor, page 7

"The girl wore Gorean dancing silk. It hung low upon her bared hips, and fell to her ankles. It was scarlet, diaphanous. A front corner of the silk was taken behind her and thrust, loose and draped, into the rolled silk knotted about her hips; a back corner of the silk was drawn before her and thrust loosely, draped, into the rolled silk at her right hip. Low on her hips she wore a belt of small denomination, threaded, overlapping golden coins. A veil concealed her muchly from us, it thrust into the strap of the coined halter at her left shoulder, and into the coined belt at her right hip. On her arms she wore numerous armlets and bracelets. On the thumb and first finger of both her left and right hand were golden finger cymbals. On her throat was a collar. "  Tribesman of Gor, page 8

"All eyes were on the dark-haired dancer, the skirt of diaphanous scarlet dancing silk low upon her hips."  Tribesman of Gor, page 25

Low on her hips she wore, on a belt of rolled cloth, yellow dancing silk, in Turian drape, the thighs were bare, the front right corner of the skirt thrust behind her to the left, the back left lower corner of the skirt thrust into the rolled belt at her right hip. She was barefoot; there were golden bangles, many of them, on her ankles, more on her left ankle. She wore a yellow-silk halter, hooked high, to accentuate the line of her beauty. She wore a gold, locked collar, and, looped about her neck, many light chains and pendants; on her wrists were many bracelets; on her upper arms, both left and right, were armlets, tight, there being again more on the left arm. She shook her head, her hair was loose." Tribesmen of Gor, page 87

"From one side a slave girl, barefoot, bangled, in sashed, diaphanous, trousered chalwar, gathered at the ankle, its tight, red-silk vest, with bare midriff, fled to him, with the tall, graceful, silvered pot containing the black wine. She was veiled. She knelt, replenishing the drink. Beneath her veil, I saw the metal of her collar." Tribesmen of Gor, page 88

silk girl: term used by those of Torvaldsland to denote a slavegirl from the southern cities; often used disparagingly:

"Look!" cried Pudding. "A silk girl!" The expression "silk girl" is used, often, among bond-maids of the north, to refer to their counterparts in the south. The expression reflects their belief that such girls are spoiled, excessively pampered, indulged and coddled, sleek pets, who have little to do but adorn themselves with cosmetics and await their masters, cuddled cutely, on plush, scarlet coverlets, fringed with gold. There is some envy in this charge, I think. More literally, the expression tends to be based on the fact that the brief slave tunic of the south, the single garment permitted the female slave, is often silk. Southern girls, incidentally, in my opinion, though scarcely as worked as their northern sisters in bondage, a function of the economic distinction between the farm and the city, are often worked, and worked hard, particularly if they have not pleased their masters. Marauders of Gor, page 144 

silver ships: used for voyages of requisition to bring slaves from Earth to Gor: Captive of Gor, page 40

silver tube: This is a charged, cylindrical weapon, perhaps two feet in length, manually aimed and operated; it incorporates principles much like those of the Priest-King's Flame Death mechanism. When not in use, it is encased in a sealed plastic quiver for storage. When fired it generates a fierce blast of blue flame from its tip, as the air within the path of its beam ignites into flame. It is effective at distances of up to 100 meters, and its use can be aurally detected by the audible hiss caused by the ignition of the air in the beam's path. Any living creature within the path of the beam, as well as any organic matter caught therein, will instantly erupt into a ball of bright blue flame as the target consumes itself from within. A silver tube will sputter and become inert once its charge is fully expended, though a typical charge will last for literally hundreds of firings.

These weapons can only be found within the Nest Complex of the Sardar, and none who do not dwell there can possess them. An additional example of this type of weapon also makes an appearance in the series, and is described as a narrow, cylindrical, silverish object small enough to be concealed in the palm of a human hand. When used upon its lowest setting, such an object produces a small flame suitable for igniting brush and kindling; however, it can be reset to fire one short burst of high intensity blue flame, after which the weapon's charge is expended. Both versions of this weapon appear in book #3, Priest-Kings of Gor.

sim plant: a rambling, tangled vine-like plant with huge, rolling leaves, raised in the pasture chambers of the Nest: 

". . . extensive, rambling, tangled vine-like plants with huge, rolling leaves, raised under square energy lamps fixed in the ceilings of the broad pasture chambers."   Priest-Kings of Gor, page 214

Singers, Caste of: Mentioned in the books

"It could have been worse, I thought. After all, though the Caste of Singers.." Outlaw of Gor, page 103

On Gor, the singer, or poet, is regarded as a craftsman who makes strong sayings, much like a potmaker makes a good pot or a saddle-maker makes a worthy saddle. He has his role to play in the social structure, celebrating battles and histories, singing of heroes and cities, but also he is expected to sing of living, and of love and joy, not merely of arms and glory; and, too, it is his function to remind the Gorean from time to time of loneliness and death, lest they should forget that they are men.  Outlaw of Gor, page 103 

In spite of some reservations the Poet, or Singer, was loved on Gor. It had not occurred to him that he owed misery and torment to his profession, and on the whole, the Caste of Poets was thought to be a most happy band of men "A handful of bread for a song," was a common Gorean invitation extended to members of the caste, and it might occur on the lips of a peasant or a Ubar, and the poet took great pride that he would sing the same song in both the hut of the peasant and the halls of the Ubar, though it won for him only a crust of bread in one place and a cap of gold in the other, gold often squandered on a beautiful woman who might leave him nothing but his songs. Outlaw of Gor, page 104

He wore the robes of his caste, the singers, and it was not known what city was his own. Many of the singers wander from place to place, selling their songs for bread and love. I had known, long ago, a singer, whose name was Andreas of Tor.  Raiders of Gor, page 225

The Caste Singers and Poets while highly prized in most cities on Gor were not as high regarded in others. For instance they were not welcomed guests in the city of Tharna. But in other areas of Gor it was a criminal offense to enslave one of the Caste of Musicians. 
"The Caste of Poets is not so bad," I said to Linna. "Of course not," she said, "but they are outlawed in Tharna."  Outlaw of Gor, page 105

Lastly it might be mentioned, thinking it is of some interest, musicians on Gor are never enslaved; they may, of course, be exiled, tortured, slain and such; it is said, perhaps truly, that he who makes music must, like the tarn and the Vosk gull, be free. Nomads of Gor, page 154

sip root: a bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine:

"Sip roots are extremely bitter. Slave wine, incidentally, is made from sip roots." Blood Brothers of Gor page 124

A bitter root, which can either be made into a liquid contraceptive, or chewed, for the same result. The effect of the sip root, in most women is effective for three or four months. In the on centrated state, as in slave wine, developed by the caste of Physicians, the effect is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for it remission, usually administered, to a slave, in what is called the breeding wine, or the second wine" Blood Brothers of Gor page 319

sirik: a arrangement of chains used to display a slavegirl rather than confine her; it consists of a collar, to which about five feet of chain is attached; part-way down the chain is a pair of manacles, and the chain terminates in a set of shackles

".both girls wore the Sirik, a light chain favored for female slaves by many Gorean masters; it consists of a Turian-type collar, a loose, rounded circle of steel, to which a light, gleaming chain is attached; should the girl stand, the chain, dangling from her collar, falls to the floor; it is about ten or twelve inches longer than is required to reach from her collar to her ankles; to this chain, at the natural fall of her wrists, is attached a pair of slave bracelets; at the end of the chain there is attached another device, a set of linked ankle rings, which, when closed about her ankles, lifts a portion of the slack chain from the floor; the Sirik is an incredibly graceful thing and designed to enhance the beauty of its wearer; perhaps it should only be added that the slave bracelets and the ankle rings may be removed from the chain and used separately; this also, of course, permits the Sirik to function as a slave leash." Nomads of Gor, page 42

"She lifted up some loops of chain; there were linked ankle rings and linked wrist rings and a lock collar, all connected by a length of gleaming chain running from the collar. It was rather lovely' Sirik,' said Eta. Slave Girl of Gor, page 83

There, held by a snap catch against the silken lining of the great cloak, looped, in coils, there hung a set of light chains. I coul not determine the exact arrangement of the chains, coiled as they were. There seemed, however, to be a longer chain, which was a base chain, and two smaller, subsidiary chains. At one end the base chain was attached to a rather small neck ring, but suitable for closing about a womens neck; at the other end it was attached to one of the subsidiary chains, about a foot long, and terminating on each end with a ring; those rings looked as though they might fit snugly about a woman's ankles; the other subsidiary chain seemed to be placed about two feet or so below the neck ring; at its terminations were smaller rings, which looked as though they might close snugly, locking, about a woman's wrists. Kajira of Gor. Page 126

I felt the hands of soldiers at my clothing. It was torn from me, before the very throne. Then, when I was absolutely naked, a golden collar, to which a chain was attached, with wrist rings and ankle rings, was brought. It was a chaining system of that sort called a sirik. My chin was thrust up and I felt the golden collar locked about my throat. Almost as the same time my wrists, held closely together before me, were locked helplessly in the wrist rings. In another instant, my ankles, held, were helplessly in the ankle rings. A chain then ran from my collar to the chain on my wrist rings and from thence, the same chain, to the chain on my ankle rings. My ankle rings chain was about twelve inches in length, and my wrist chain was about six inches in length. The central chain, where it dangled down from the wrist rings, lay on the floor before the throne, before it looped up to where it was closed about the central link of the ankle ring chain. This permits the prisoner, usually a slave to lift her arms, She is thus in a position to feed herself or better exhibit her beauty to masters in a wider variety of postures and attitudes than would otherwise be the case. The point of a sirik is not merely to confine a woman, but to confine her beautifully. Kajira of Gor. Page 185-186

After we had left some carpeted corridors, higher in the house, flagstone like tiles, we approached a slender, dark-haired girl who, on her hands and knees, in chains, with a bucket of water, cloths and a brush, in that portion of the corridor, was scrubbing tiles. As we approached, she oriented herself toward us, palms of her hands on the floor, and put her head to the tiles. The chain she wore was a work sirik. It resembles the common sirik but the wrists, to permit work, are granted about a yard of chain. Like the common sirik, it is a lovely chain, Women are beautiful in it. Kajira of Gor, Page 145

sistrum: A rattle used in different types of religious ceremonies, by many cultures including the Romans, Greeks and Eypgtians. 

There was an accompaniment by sistrums. Marauders of Gor, page 33 

slave anniversary: the celebrating the acquisitions of slaves

Among many men, it might be mentioned, however, the monthly anniversary of a girl's acquisition would be celebrated each month with special ceremonies and rites is not surprising. These numerous  anniversaries are deliciously celebrated, as they may be with a girl who is only a slave, and seldom  forgotten; should such an anniversary be forgotten, should it be such that it is commonly celebrated, the girl redoubles her efforts to please, fearing she is to be soon sold. Slave Girl of Gor, page 66

slaves addressing Master/Mistress: the proper way to address the Free People of the Gorean community, unless otherwise instructed by the individual Master/Mistress

Gorean slaves, incidentally, always addresses free men as ‘Master,’ and all free women as ‘Mistress.' Captive of Gor, page 73

Slave girls, on Gor, address all free men as master, though, of course, only one such would be her true master.  Nomads of Gor, page 60 

Any slave girl, incidentally, addresses any free man as Master, any free woman as Mistress, though only one, of course, at a given time, is likely to be her true Master or Mistress.  Slave Girl of Gor, page 77 

Slave girls must address all free men as "Master." Commonly, however, the expression "my Master," when it is used, is reserved for the actual master of the girl, he who is her literal master, he who literally owns her. Dancer of Gor, page 421 

… the word 'Master' can indescribably thrill a girl when she finds it on her lips, …, and knows that it is true.  Priest-Kings of Gor, page 234 

Slave girls, of course, may speak the name of their masters to others, for example, as in locutions such as, "I am the girl of Calliodorus of Port Cos," or "I come from the house of Calliodorus." It is only that they are seldom, in addressing the master himself, permitted to use his name. He is usually addressed simply as "Master," or as "my Master."  Guardsman of Gor, page 270 

"Hassan!" screamed Alyena, from below.
I smiled to myself. She had dared to soil the name of her master by putting it on her lips which, though beautiful, were only those of a slave. Girls are not, commonly, permitted to speak the name of their master.
He is addressed as, or responded to, as "Master" or "my Master." If Hassan survived, he would, I suspected, well beat her for this lapse. Some masters, it might be noted, however, permit the girl to speak their name, if it is accompanied by an acknowledgment of title, as in, say, "Hassan, Master," or "Hassan, my Master."  Tribesmen of Gor, page 183 

slave basket: a wicker basket strapped to a tarn to transport slaves, Assassin of Gor, page 5

slave beads: bina, were lesser beads, cheap beads, beads of little value save for their aesthetic charm: Slave Girl of Gor, page 82

slave bells: tiny bells which give off a sensual shimmer of sound; threaded by the dozen on thongs or chains, they may be tied or locked around a girl's ankles or wrists, or attached to her collar; are worn or removed only at the whim of a master: 

I heard the jingle of tiny bells, slave bells. I became conscious of a woman’s feet, bare, near me. The bells, tiny, in four rows, were thonged about her left ankle.  Slave Girl of Gor, page 253

"She threw a linkage of rings and bells to the tiles beside me. 'Bell yourself,' she said. 
'They lock,' I said. 
'Bell yourself, 'she said. 
I extended my left ankle and, carefully, aligned the four rings. The rings were linked vertically
at five places by tiny metal fastenings; each ring, opened, hinged, terminated on one end with a
bolt and the other with a tiny lock; I slipped the small bolts into the tiny locks; there were four
tiny snaps; the rings, linked together, fitted snugly; each ring bor five slave bells.  Slave Girl of Gor, page 259 

"...sometimes signal their availability to possible swains by belling their left ankles with a single
'virgin bell.' The note of this bell, which is bright and clear, is easily distinguished from those of
the degrading, sensual bells of the slave."  Tribesmen of Gor, page 45 

"...she wore bells locked on both wrists, and on both ankles, thick cuffs and anklets, each with
a double line of bells, fastened by steel and key."  Nomads of Gor, page 29 

"I also purchased a set of slave bells, of the thong as opposed to the lock variety. They are less
expensive than the lock variety, also, they may be tied at various places on the body, about the
neck, the wrists, the ankle, about the thigh, about the arm, etc; it is delightful to bell a girl, she
may not remove them, of course, without her master's permission."  Tribesmen of Gor, page 49 

slave belly: the area of the abdomen around the navel; so called because only slavegirls expose their navels: Explorers of Gor, page 334

slave blanket: thin, cottonlike blanket, woven from the soft fibers of the Rep Plant, to protect her from the cold: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 67

slave box, punishment: small, square (3x3') iron box, with a door having a viewing aperture of 7 inches x1/2 inches in the middle, and a pass-through of 12x2 inches at the base; a punishment device for slaves:

"I will be good! I will be good!" I heard a girl cry, from within a low, steel, rectangular box, shoved against the side of the passage, presumably that it would not be in the way. I stopped, startled. It had not occurred to me tht a girl could be held within those small confines. Indeed, in the half-darkness of the lamp-lit passage I had hardly noticed the box. It was about four feet long and three feet wide, with a depth of perhaps eighteen inches. It was of steel and opened from the top. In the lid, at each each, there was a circle, about five inches in diameter, of penny-sized holes. It was locked shut, secured by two flat, steel bars, perpendicular to its long axis, padlocked, in front, in place. "I will be good!? wept the girl, from within.
"It is a slave box," said Hermidorous.
"I beg to be pleasing, Masters!" cried the girl from within.
"Surely, she must be a very tiny woman," I said, horrified to Drusus Rencius.
"She is the foremer Lady Tais of Farnacium," said Hermidorus. "Her house name is Didi. She is, as I recall, a normal-sized slave."
"The box is so small," I said.
"It is supposed to be small," said Drusus Rencius.
"But consider the cramping, the tightness, the girl's helplessness," I said.
"Those are among its purposes," he said.
"But it is so small!' I protested.
"It is not really so small," he said.
I looked at him.
"It would be, for example," he said, "more that large enough for you" Kajira of Gor. page 148

slave box, transportation: small iron box used for the transportation of slaves: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 120

slave bracelets: manacles of various types, intended to restrain the wrists of a slave; some are akin go handcuffs, while some are almost jewelry, light restraining bracelets made of blue and gold stones

"What do you have there!" I said
He had removed a pair of light bracelets, joined by about five inches of light chain, from his pouch.
"Slave bracelets," he said. "Turn around, facing the door, your hands behind your back."
Almost numbly I did so. I heard him approach me. Then he stood behind me, quietly, not moving perhaps he was looking at me. Then, suddenly, I felt the two bracelets flung about my wrists, striking them, encircling then and snapping shut. Kajira of Gor. page 132

She wore on her throat a high , gold collar, with, in front, a large golden loop, some two inches in width. Threaded through this loop, was a golden chain. This chain terminated, at each end, with high, golden slave bracelets. When the girl stands her hands may fall naturally to her sides, each in its bracelet, each bracelet attached to the same chain, which passes through the collar loop. It is a very beautiful way of chaining a girl. Beasts of Gor, page. 79

I considered the belly and hips of the dancing girl as she thrust them toward me, undulatingly, as the music pounded in the tavern.~ 
The girl was naked, save that she wore many strings of jewels and armlets. too she wore bracelets and anklets of gold, which had been locked upon her, and were belled. Her collar, too, was of gold, and belled. She was blond, and it was said she was from earth. A single pearl, fastened in a setting like a droplet, on a tiny golden chain, was suspended at the center of her forehead.~ 
"Please, Master," whispered the girl to me. She extended her small hand, still dancing, as though to touch me. On her wrist was a golden bracelet, belled. I saw the small lock, with its key socket, on the bracelet. She could not remove it. Rogue of Gor, pages 10-12

slave cage: a small cage, just big enough for a slave girl to sit or curl up, in which she may be placed as cargo:

I was put on my feet near a tall, narrow, cylindrical cage with a conical top. The height of this cage was about seven feet; its rounded floor was perhaps a yard in diameter. In the top of the cage, at the top of the cone, on the outside, there was a heavy ring. I was thrust into the cage and the door was locked shut behind me. It had two locks, one about a third up from the floor and the other about a third down from the top. Kajira of Gor, page 187

slave clothing: the type of clothing a slave where depends on the whim of the Master

"It must be understood, of course, that a slave, having no rights, does not have the right even to clothing. That a girl is wearing even a rag is usually a sign that she has pleased her master, and quite significantly, too. Often the garment of a slave girl does not come easily to her, in private, of course, even rags are often dispensed with. The slave is the property of the master, and, in the privacy of his quarters, she is done with, totally, as he pleases." Savages of Gor, page 330

 "The dressing of slaves, incidentally, is an interesting and intricate pastime. The slave is almost never totally nude. Her body is marked almost always with some token of her condition, which is bond. This is usually a collar, but it may also be an anklet, sometimes belled, or a bracelet. Her brand, of course, fixed in her very flesh, deep and lovely is always worn. There is no mistaking it. The iron has seen to that. Beyond these things, much depends on the individual girl and on her particular master of the time. Individual taste is here supreme. To be sure, there are natural congruencies and proprieties, which are generally observed.

For example, although one may see a girl in the streets, naked save for, say, her brand and collar, or a bit of chain, this is not common. This sort of thing is done, usually, only as a discipline. Free Women tend to object, for the eyes of their companions tend almost inadvertently to stray to the exposed flesh of such girls. Perhaps, too, they are angry that they themselves are not permitted to present themselves so brazenly and lusciously before men. Needless to say it is difficult for Men to keep their minds on business when such girls are among them. Perhaps this is the reason that magistrates tend to frown upon the practice. After all, Goreans are only human.

In a family house, of course, girls are almost always modestly garbed. Children of many houses might be startled if they could see the transformation which takes place in their pretty Didi or Lale, whom they know as their nurse, governess and playmate, when she is in their absence or after their bedtime, ordered to the chamber of one of the young masters, there to dance lasciviously before him, and then to be had, and as a slave.

Context determines much. If a young man is giving a proper and refined dinner, his girl, modestly attired, will commonly serve it, shyly and deferentially, quietly, as befits a slave. She may even draw commendations from his mother, pleased that he has purchased such a modest, useful girl. In a dinner given for his rowdy male companions, of course, in which even unmixed wines might be served, she, obedient, writhing and sensuous, is quite a different girl. Perhaps he has even purchased her some training, from local slave masters. His guests, uncontrolled in their desire, driven half-mad with passion, will mightily envy him his girl. Perhaps he, in Gorean hospitality, will share her with them, but, in the end, when they have gone, it is at the foot of his own couch that she, licking and kissing, and begging, will be chained."

"Interestingly, what counts as slave garments and what does not, is apparently a culturally influenced phenomenon. Goreans, hesitantly, regard such things as the brassiere and panties, or panty hose, as slave garments. This may be because such garments have been associated with Earth females brought to Gorean slave markets, garments which are sometimes permitted the girls during the early portion of their sale, or, perhaps, independently, because they are soft, sensual and slave like. Earth girls who don such garments might be interested to know then that they are putting things on their bodies, which on Gor are taken to be the garments of slaves.

The main purpose of slave garments, of course, is not particularly to clothe the girl, for she need not even be clothed, as she is an animal, but to, as I have suggested, "set her off." In this sense slave garments may be as resplendent and complex as the robes of an enslaved Ubara, to be removed by the general who has captured her upon a platform of public humiliation, or as simple as the cords on a girl's wrists and a piece of rope knotted on her throat.

Additional functions of slave garments, of course, other than those of displaying the girl and making it clear to all how desirable she is, are to remind her, clearly, that she is a slave, which is useful in her discipline, and, also, Interestingly, to stimulate, intensify and deepen her sexuality. It is impossible for a woman to dress and act as a slave, and be enslaved, in full legality, and not, sooner or later, understand that she is really what she seems to be, a slave. The master, meanwhile, of course , keeps her under discipline, uses her frequently and often casually, and forces her to undergo the abuses proper to her degraded condition." Guardsmen of Gor, Pages 105-109

"Sometimes, too, it is controversial as to what constitutes a garment and what a bond. For example, is a slave harness a garment or a bond; objectively, I suppose, it is both. So, too, I would suppose, are the tunic chains of Tyros. A girl may be "set off," of course, and beautifully, even if, technically, she is not clothed. She may be garbed, for example, in netting, as the "Hunter's Catch"; or she may be bedecked in jewels and leather, and shimmering chains, dancing under a whip in a tavern in Port Kar; or she may have flowers intertwined in her chains, as when she is awarded to a victor in public games in Ar." Guardsmen of Gor, pages 105-109

I missed in the crowd the presence of slave girls, common in other cities, usually lovely girls clad only in the brief, diagonally striped slave livery of Gor, a sleeveless, briefly skirted garment terminating some inches above the knee, a garment that contrasts violently with the heavy, cumbersome Robes of Concealment worn by free women. ~~The purpose, incidentally, of the brief garment of the female slave is not simply to mark out the girl in bondage but, in exposing her charms, to make her, rather than her free sister, the favored object of raids on the part of roving tarnsmen. Outlaw of Gor, Page 66

...The wool of the hurt is usually used for male slave garments; it absorbs perspiration well; and rep-cloth is commonly used for female slave garments; it is quite thin and clings well to the curves of the female body Fighting Slave of Gor Page 262

A sleeveless garment, usually with a plunging neckline. It may be of a variety of different fabrics, from rich satins and silks to thin, form revealing, clinging rep-cloth. Guardsman of Gor, page 107

It was true that a slave may wear in the way of cosmetics, clothing or ornament only what the master sees fit to permit her. Sometimes, of course, this is nothing. Explorers of Gor, page 287

Slave clothes among the Red Hunters:  the clothing in the northern climate differ greatly then what is worn by the slaves of other parts of Gor.

  "Before he had left, he had them sew northern garments for themselves, under his instruction. From the furs and hides among the spoils at the wall they had cut and sewn for themselves stockings of lart skin and shirts of hide, and a light and heavy parka, each hooded and rimmed with lart fur. Too, they had made the high fur boots of the northern woman and the brief panties of fur, to which the boots, extending to the crotch, reach. On the hide shirts and parkas he had made them sew a looped design of stitching at the left shoulder, which represented binding fiber. This designated the garments as those of beasts. A similar design appeared on each of the other garments. About their throats now, too, they wore again four looped strings, each differently knotted, by means of which a red hunter might, upon inspection, determine that their owner was Imnak." Beasts of Gor, page 176

Slave clothing among the Red Savages: wear short shirt style clothing

"About her throat, narrow, sturdy and closely fitting, was a steel collar. I stepped back that I might see her better. She wore a short, fringed, beaded shirtdress. This came up high on her thighs. It was split to her waist, revealing the sweetness and loveliness of her breasts. It was belted upon her with a doubly looped, tightly knotted rawhide string. Such a string is more than sufficient, in its length, and in the strength and toughness, to tie a woman a number of ways. She was barefoot. About her left ankle there was, about two inches high, a beaded cuff, or anklet. Her garb was doubtless intended to suggest the distinctive, humiliating and scandalously brief garment in which red savages are sometimes pleased to place their white slaves." Savages of Gor, page 102

slave dance: any of the sensuous and lascivious dances performed by slavegirls to entertain their masters. The dancing of a slave is a thousand times more sensuous than that of a free woman because of the incredible meanings involved, the additional richness which this furnishes, the explosive significance of this comprehension, that she who dances is owned, and, theoretically, could be owned by you:

 "To be sure, many of the dances of female slaves are lovely and sensuous; others, of course, are piteous and orgasmic. In all fairness, though, one must note there is some variation from city to city. The institution of female slavery on Gor is doubtless thousands of years old; accordingly it is natrual that there should be great complexity and refinement in such a delicious art from as slave dance. There are even, it might be mentioned, hate dances and rebellion dances, or need dances, or love and submission dances; even the hate and rebellion dances, of course, conclude, inevitably, with teh ultimate surrender of the girl to her master as a love slave."  Fighting Slave of Gor pages 288-299

slave dancing chain: a light chain used to enhance the dance of a slave

"How beautiful!" I breathed
Drusus Rencius looked sharply at me, I feared for a moment I might be struck.
The drummer and the flautist prepared once more to play.
The girl in the long, light chain smiled at me. She, at any rate was pleased by my response. A wrist ring was fastened on her right wrist. The long, slender, gleaming chain was fastened to this and, looping down and up, ascending gracefully to a wide chain ring on her collar, through which it freely passed, thence descending, looping down, and ascending, looping up, gracefully, to the left wrist ring. If she were to stand quietly, the palms of her hands on her thighs, the lower portions of the chain, those two dangling loops, would have been about at the level of her knees, just a little higher.~
The musicians began again to play. There is much that can be done with such a chain. It was a dancing chain. Its purpose was not to confine the girl, but to allow her to incorporate it in her dance, enhancing the dance with its movements and beauty. It is, of course, symbolic of her bondage, this adding fantastic dimensions of significance to the dance. Kajira of Gor. page 143

slave, disciplining of: who can disciple a slave

"Any free man may discipline an insolent or errant slave,' I said, `even one who is the least bit displeasing, even one he might merely feel like disciplining. If she is killed, or injured, he need only pay compensation to her master, and that only if the master can be located within a specific amount of time and requests such compensation.' In virtue of such customs and statutes the perfect discipline under which Gorean slaves are kept is maintained and guaranteed even when they are not within the direct purview of their masters or their appointed agents."  Players of Gor, page 235

“You cannot punish me!” she cried. “You are not my Masters!”
“Any Free Person can punish an errant slave girl,” I said. “Surely you do not think that her behavior fails to be subject to supervision and correction as soon as she is out of her Master's sight?”  Magician of Gor, Page 225 

The discipline of a slave may be attended to by any Free Person, otherwise she might do much what she wished, provided only her Master did not learn of it. The legal principle is clear, and has been upheld in several courts, in several cities, including Ar.  Magicians of Gor,  Page 122 

slave flower brand: brand of the dina, a small delicate flower resembling a rose

"Her brand, however, was not precisely the same as mine. It was more slender, more vertical, more like a stem with floral, cursive loops, about an inch and half in height, and a half inch in width; it was, I would later learn, the initial letter in cursive script of the Gorean expression 'Karjia'; my own brand was the 'dina'; the dina is a small, lovely, mutiply petaled flower, short-stemmed, and blooming in the a turf of green leaves, usually on the slopes of hills, in the northern temperate zones of Gor; in its budding, though in few other ways, it resembles a rose."  Slave Girl of Gor, page 61 

slave goad: an electrical device, much like a cattle prod, used for controlling and disciplining slaves:

The slave goad, unknown in most Gorean cities, is almost never used except by professional slavers, probably because of the great expense involved;   Assassins of Gor, page 84

"You are lead girl?" asked Sura of Elizabeth.
"Yes," said Elizabeth.
Sura's finger flicked the slave goad on. She rotated the dial. The tip began to glow a bright yellow.
"Yes, Mistress," said Elizabeth.
"You are barbarian?" asked Sura.
"Yes, Mistress," said Elizabeth. Assassins of Gor, page 151

Then without speaking she flicked on the slave goad and rotated the dial. The tip began to glow brightly. Then suddenly she struck at the three kneeling girls. The charge must have been high, judging by the intense shower of fiery yellow needles of light and the screams of pain from the three girls. Again and again Sura struck and the girls, half stunned, half crazed with pain, seemed unable to even move, but could only scream and cry. Even Elizabeth, whom I knew was swift and spirited, seemed paralyzed and tortured by the goad. Then Sura dialed the goad down, and turned it off. The three girls lying in pain on the stones looked up at her in fear, even the proud Elizabeth, their bodies trembling, their eyes wide. I read in their eyes, even those of Elizabeth, a sudden terror of the goad. Assassins of Gor, pages 154

slave gruel/porridge: a cold, unsweetened mixture of water and Sa-Tarna meal, on which slaves are fed and often mixed with pieces of chopped parsit fish. In Torvaldsland, it is called 'bond-maid gruel'

"We had been called from our cells well before dawn. Each of us had been forced to eat a large bowl of heavy slave gruel. We wouldn't be fed again until that night." Captive of Gor, page 208

"I, mixing the water with the precooked meal, formed a sort of cold porridge or gruel. I then, with my fingers, and putting the bowl even to my lips, fell eagerly upon that thick, bland, moist substance." Kajira of Gor, page 257

slave heat: the intense need and passion of a slavegirl: Beasts of Gor, page 242

slave hobble: a chain consisting of a wrist-ring and an ankle-ring joined by 7 inches of chain it is fastened on one ankle and the opposite wrist

The slave hobble consists of two rings, one for a wrist, the other for an ankle, joined by about
seven inches of chain. In a right-handed girl, such as either Aphris or Elizabeth, it locks on the
right wrist and left ankle. When the girl kneel, in any of the traditional positions of the Gorean
woman, either slave or free, it is not uncomfortable."  Nomads of Gor, pages 154

slave hood: a leather hood, having no opening for eyes, mouth, or ears, which covers a slave's entire head; usually has a gag attachment

It is all part of the hood, the leather ball, the strap attached at the front of it, and the belt, with its double loop, on the outside, held in place by the belt loops, at its opening. Some hoods are little more than sacks, of canvas or leather, with drawstrings the leather ball was thrust, by a thumb, into my mouth. I then felt its strap, attached at its front, drawn back between my teeth, and buckled behind the back of my neck. the hood itself was then placed over my head and some tucks were taken in it. It was then, by the double loop around my neck, passed twice around my neck, drawn shut. the hood was now closed about my neck. It was snug under my chin, drawn tight by the belt the belt was then buckled shut behind the back of my neck, as the gag strap, inside the hood, had been. A small padlock, passed through two rings, the buckle ring and one of the small rings, sewn in the belt, now adjacent to it, secured the arrangement on me. I was locked in the hood. From Mercenaries of Gor page 75

Her head was concealed in a slave hood, buckled under her chin. The construction of this hood was such that it served not only as a blindfold but gag as well, the wadding being sewn to the inside of the hood, and it being held in place by laces, emerging through eyelets, tying behind the back of the neck.   Slave Girl of Gor, page 146

slave leash: a long black leather strap used in a slave dance or when training

He then went to a chest and from it fetched forth a high, thick, plain, black leather collar with a lock closure. There was a sturdy ring attached to this collar, and attached to the ring, there was a long slave leash of black leather, it was some fifteen feet in length. In most leadings, of course, this amount of length would not be used, but would be coiled in the grasp of the master. The length is useful if the slave is expected to perform leash dances, is to be bound with the leash, or if, it doubled at the master's end, it is to be used to train or discipline her. Kajira of Gor. Page 336

"I shall use the leash after dark," I told her. The use of leashes differs among masters. Some masters use leashes for little more than tethering a girl. Others, of course, use them liberally as leading devices. The are often used with a proud, rebellious, recalcitrant girl, sometimes to publicly humiliate her. After being led on a leash it is not unusual for a girl to beg her master to be permitted to heel for him, following him deferentially in her proper place. Leashes are generally used in cities, or in crowds. A loose slave can be a nuisance. They may be useful too, of course, in broken or wooded areas, where a fleeing girl might attempt to find cover, or in dangerous places, where she might be stolen. A leash, it might be mentioned, aside from its convenience in controlling a slave, particularly the choke leash, is an extremely useful training device. Many trainers, the leash loop about their wrist, hold the leash in their left hand and their training whip in their right. Girls too, can be taught to use the leash to enhance their seductiveness, appearing to draw away, then approaching, using it about their body, kissing it, taking it in their mouth, fingering it, and so on. A test for slave potential used by some slavers is to leash a new girl and see if she, in her apparent rebellion and defiance, actually, subtly, perhaps in the beginning unconsciously, uses the leash to enhance her desirability and beauty. This indicates that she, in her heart, is not displeased to wear the leash of the master. Indeed, the leash, not uncommonly, can cause a woman to sexually blossom. This is presumably a function of such things as its actual restraint, which is quite real; its message to her that she is an animal, a slave; and its making clear to her, by a device, such as a bracelet, a brand or collar, what is the order of nature, who it is who controls her and who it is whom she must obey, who is the slave and who is the master. A leash, even apart from questions of training, of course, can have powerful emotional impact on a girl. It is a very useful way of convincing a girl that she is slave; similarly it can always serve as an effective reminder. Some girls do not seem to believe they are slaves until they have been leashed. But after that, and after having been put through "leash paces," there is seldom any doubt in their mind. Some girls beg to be leashed, sometimes crawling to their masters, their leash held between their small, fine teeth. Most masters use the leash at one timeor another. A gorean saying has it that a leashed slave is a hot slave. Fighting Slave of Gor page 366

slave lips: When this command is given, the slave turns her head up to the Master, her lips pursed in a sensual kissing position. She remains motionless, her lips thusly puckered, and may not move until she is granted the kiss of a Master

Similarly, I was not required to respond to certain sorts of commands, for example, to make "slave lips," pursing my lips for kissing, or to writhe slowly before my viewers. Kajira of Gor, page 224

slave mat: a course mat made of straw, to which area a slave girl may be ordered for discipline or rape; the girl may not leave the mat unless permitted by her master:

they are given mats to sleep on, and later in their  training, furs. Assassin of Gor, page 119

slave orgasm: powerful orgasm in which a slave completely yields to the Master.. after which she can never be anything but a man's slave: Explorers of Gor, page 13

slave oval: a method of chain a slave girl consisting of a hinged iron loop which locks around her waist, with two sliding wrist- rings and a welded ring in the middle of the back: Slave Girl of Gor, page 146

slave pole: imaginary pole that 'transfixes' a dancing girl, by which she is 'held' during her dance: Tribesman of Gor, page 11

slave post strap/harness: used to confine a slave at a post but still allows her movement

I was pulled to the post, close to it and facing it. The heavy belt, with the ring on it, through which the loose post strap passed, that strap looping the post and threaded through the belt ring, was put about my belly, and buckled shut, tightly, behind the small of my back. I could now move easily about the post but, given the post strap, and the belt ring, I could not be further than six inches from it.
"When you are more experienced, you will not need the harness," said the whip master. "Too, we will let you try it sometimes with your hands tied behind you."
"Yes, Master," I said.
"Address yourself now to the post, Tiffany," he said. "Make it sweat. Make it cry out with pleasure."
"Yes, Master," I said. Kajira of Gor. page 290

slave positions: are the different position that a slave may have to assume upon command. e.g. nadu, tower, etc

It is important that a slave be alert to their Master, as commands are not always given orally as the quotes below show.
"I held my left hand open, at my waist. She stiffened, and looked at me, angrily. I opened and closed my left hand once. I saw her training in Gorean customs had been thorough. But she never thought that such a gesture would be used to her. She came beside me, and a bit behind me, and, crouching, put her head down, deeply. I fastened my hand in her hair. She winced. Women are helpless in this position." Beasts of Gor, page 409

"He suddenly snapped his fingers and, in the swift double gesture of the Gorean Master, pointed to a place on the dirt floor before him, almost simultaneously turning his hand, spreading the first and index fingers, pointing downwards. I fled to him and knelt before him, my knees in the dirt, in the position of the pleasure slave, my head down, trembling." Captive of Gor, page 143

"The Gorean slave girl, incidentally, will space herself from her master quite differently in different situations. For example, if she is somewhat farther away, it is easier for her to display herself in all her beauty; if she wishes to wheedle for his caress she may approach quite closely; if she is receiving instructions she may kneel a few feet away; if she is begging to serve his pleasure she may kneel at his feet, perhaps kissing them. She who fears she is to be disciplined will commonly hang back; sometimes too, a girl will fear to approach too closely until the master, by an expression or small sign, indicates that she is not in obvious disfavor and may do so. Explorers of Gor, page 201

slave perfume: perfumes designed to be worn by slave girls; they are heavier and more sensual than those designed for free women: 

"...readying a girl, after she has been belled and silked, and bangled, and has been made up, and touched with slave perfume, she kneels, head down in a large oval of light gleaming chain, extending her wrists before her..." Tribesmen of Gor, page 215

I smelled the slave perfume. I recalled it from the palace of Suleiman Pasha, when the girl, with Zaya, the other slave, had served black wine Tribesmen of Gor, page 230

slave rag: see Ta-Teera: Slave Girl of Gor, page 81

slave rape position: This is a disciplinary position, wherein the slave is ordered to lie supine and motionless in preparation for usage

I went to the side of the room and picked up my sea bag. I threw it to the center of the room. She looked down at it puzzled. It was of heavy blue material, canvas, and tied with a white rope. "Lie down upon it," I told her, "on your back, your head to the floor." She did so. "No, please," she said, "not like this." It is a common position for a disciplinary slave rape. In it the woman feels very vulnerable, very helpless. I then took her. Explorer's of Gor, page 202

slave ring: a heavy iron ring, c. 1' in diameter, to which a slave may be secured for security, discipline, or any other reason; often found in floors, interior & exterior walls (either 1' or 3' above the ground), attached to the foot of a master's sleeping couch, etc:

"He thrust the dark-haired girl to her knees by the seventh collar and snapped it about her
neck, turning the key, locking it. It gave her about a two-foot length of chain, fastened to a
slave ring bolted into the stone."  Assassin of Gor, page 8 

I suppose that sometimes girls might even be chained in such a place, like a dog at a man's feet, or perhaps even on the hard, cold tiles, under the slave ring. Kajira of Gor, page 86 

slave sack: a sack is used as a light form of punishment for a slave or in some cases used to transport slaves by tarnback.

I saw him shaking out the slave sack in the utility room. This was not the first time I had been unchained from the loom and hurried to the utility room.
"Get in," he said. ~~~
I crawled into the sack, and it was pulled up, over my head, and laced shut, I then felt it dragged across the floor. He then lifted it up, partly, I now sitting in it, and left it against a wall. He then left. The confinement was not intended to be one of full security, of course. If it had been, then I would have been bound and gagged within it, that I might not be able, by fingernail or teeth, to attack seams or cut through the leather. Indeed, if I caused the least bit of damage to the slave sack, I had little doubt but what I would be well punished. Confinement in the slave sack is, incidentally, a familiar form of light punishment for a girl. Kajira of Gor. page 273

slave steel: generic term for collars, chains, siriks, etc. worn by slaves: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 158

slave strap: heavy strap or belt which buckles behind the wearer's back; in front, there is a metal plate with a welded ring, through which passes the 4 hort (5 inches) chain of a pair of slave bracelets; designed to keep the wearer's hand before his body: Hunters of Gor, page 65

slave strip: the modification to a charka

"Clasp your hands behind the back of your neck," I said, "and do not interfere."
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Kneel up, off your heels," I said.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"This garment you are wearing," I said, "what is, in effect, a charka, I am shortening and transforming into two slave strips," I drew the long strip before the cord in front back over the cord so that it would no longer hang midway, or about midway, between her knees and ankles but was now about eighteen inches long. The garment then looped below her body. I then cut the garment a bit behind and below the cord in front. I then moved her about and treated the garment similarly in the back, drawing the strip back over the cord so that it was now only about eighteen inches long, and then cutting it off a bit below and behind the cord. She now wore two slave strips, each about eighteen inches long, one over the cord in front, one over it in back.
"Face me," I said. She obeyed.
"What have you done?" she asked.
"Exactly what you think I have done," I said
"You have removed nether shielding from me!" she said.
"Yes ," I said.
"Restore it," she said. "Quickly!. There is enough left of the cloth! Please!"
She gasped. I had thrown the remaining portion of the cloth in to the fire. She watched it burn, in dismay.
"Do you feel vulnerable!" I asked.
"Yes!" she said.
"In such ways may one increase the passion of a female," I said. She shuddered.
"You are aware, of course," I said, "that these pieces of cloth might be pulled away, easily."
"Yes!" she said.
"Keep your hands clasped behind the back of your neck," I said.
"Now what are you doing!" she cried.
"In the future," I said, "the cord will be tied in this fashion, or in some equivalent fashion."
She moaned, looking down. I had refastened it in a simple bow knot, a sort of knot which on Gor, in certain contexts, as in the present context, is spoken of as a slave knot. It is called that, I think, because it is sometimes prescribed by masters for the fastening of slave garments. Its advantage, of course, is that it may be easily undone, by anyone. It is fastened at the left side of the girl's waist, where it is handy for a right-handed male, facing her. "Now," I said, "it is possible not only to remove the pieces of cloth singly, but, if one wishes, one may easily, with a casual tug, remove the cord and, with it, both cloths together, simultaneously, expeditiously."
"Stripping me!" she said.
"Keep your hands clasped behind the back of your neck," I said. "Yes."  Renegades of Gor, page 160

slave switch: commonly used to punish for minor indiscretions of a slave

The switch is often used on a girl when she is guilty of minor indiscretions or tiny misdemeanors. It is thought a fitting instrument for encouraging a beauty to be more careful or zealous in her service. Kajira of Gor. page 85

Slave training: various different methods are used to training slaves

"As a warrior applies himself to the arts of his weapons, so I applied myself to the arts of the female slave, which I was. I became sleek and more beautiful from the diet and the exercises. I learned things of which I had not dreamed. Our training, because it was limited to a few short weeks, did not include many of the elements that are normally included in a full training. I remained ignorant of Gorean cooking and the cleaning of Gorean garments. I learned nothing of musical instruments. I remained ignorant even of the arrangements of small rugs, decorations and flowers, things that any Gorean girl, slave or free, is likely to know. But I was taught to dance, and to give pleasure, and to stand, and move, and sit and turn, and lift my head and lower it, and kneel, and rise."   Captive of Gor, page 169

"A good deal of the training of the slave girl, surprisingly, to my naive mind, was in relatively domestic matters. For example, the Pleasure Slave, if she is trained by a good house, must also be the master of those duties commonly assigned to Tower Slaves. Accordingly, they must know how to cut and sew cloth, to wash garments and clean various types of materials and surfaces, and to cook an extensive variety of foods, from the rough fare of Warriors to concoctions which are exotic almost to the point of being inedible.....Elizabeth was, however, to my satisfaction, taught a large number of things which, to my mind, were more appropriate to the training of slave girls, including a large number of dances, dozens of songs, and an unbelievable variety of kisses and caresses."  Assassin of Gor, page 204 - 205

slave veil: a small triangle of diaphanous yellow silk, worn across the bridge of the nose and covering the lower half of the face; it parodies the heavy veils worn by free women, as it conceals nothing and often arouses the lust of masters

"she took the tiny, triangular yellow veil, utterly diaphanous, and held it before her face, covering the lower portion of her face. The veil was drawn back and she held it at her ears. The light silk was held across the bridge of her nose, where, beautifully, its porous, yellow sheen broke to the left and right. Her mouth, angry, was visible behind the veil. It, too, covered her chin. The mouth of a woman, by men of the Tahari, and by Goreans generally, is found extremely provocative, sexually. The slave veil is a mockery, in its way. It reveals, as much as conceals, yet it adds a touch of subtlety, mystery; slave veils are made to be torn away, the lips of the master then crushing those of the slave." Tribesmen of Gor, page 69-70

The Slave Wars: a series of war on Gor that stabilized laws pertaining to slaves

 “Men find slaves of interest, do they not?” she asked.
“Yes,” I said. “Indeed, wars have been fought to obtain beautiful slaves of a given city.”
“The Slave Wars!” she said.
She was referring to a series of wars, loosely referred to as the Slave Wars, which occurred among various cities in the middle latitudes of Gor, off and on, over a period of approximately a generation. They had occurred long before my coming to Gor. Although large-scale slaving was involved in these wars, and was doubtless a sufficient condition for them, hence the name, other considerations, as would be expected, were often involved, as well, such as the levying of tribute and the control of trade routes. Out of the Slave Wars grew much of the merchant law pertaining to slaves. Too, out of them grew some of the criteria for the standardization of the female slave as a commodity, for example, how, in virtue of her scarcity, her training, and such, she is to be figured as an item of tribute, for example, in terms of domestic animals, given her current market values in the area, and so on, such as verr and tarsks. For example, she might, at a given time, be worth five verr or three tarsks, but she might be worth only a fifth of a sleen or a tenth of a tarn. Obtaining women is one of the major reasons Goreans fight. Another is sport.”  Vagabonds of Gor, page 271

slave wagon: a flat-bedded, barred wagon, like a large cage with a door in the rear, in which many slaves may be transported at one time, their ankles chained to a bar that runs down the center of the floor; tarpaulins are often used to cover the cage & hide the cargo; analogous to an old-fashioned Earth circus wagon: Captive of Gor, page 65

slave whistle: used in issuing signals, summoning slaves, and so on: Assassin of Gor, page 84

slave wine: a black, bitter beverage that acts as a contraceptive; its effect is instantaneous and lasts for well over a month; can be counter-acted with a another, sweet-tasting beverage:

"What is it? I asked, startled. It seemed he had produced this almost by magic. It was a soft, leather botalike flask, drawn from within his tunic. Slave wine he said. Need I drink that? I asked, apprehensively. Unless you have had slave wine, he said, I have no intention of taking you through the streets clad as you are. Suppose you are raped. I put the flask, which he had opened, to my lips. Its opening was large enough to drink freely from. It is bitter! I said, touching my lips to it. It is the standard concentration, and dosage, he said, plus a little more, for assurance. Its effect is indefinite, but it is normally renewed annually, primarily for symbolic purposes. I could not believe how bitter it was. I had learned from Susan, whom I had once questioned on the matter, the objectives and nature of slave wine. It is prepared from a derivative of sip root. The formula, too, I had learned, at the insistence of masters and slavers, had been improved by the caste of physicians within the last few years. It was now, for most practical purposes, universally effective. Too, as Drusus Rencius had mentioned, its effects, at least for most practical purposes, lasted indefinitely. Have no fear, said Drusus Rencius. The abatement of its effects is reliably achieved by the ingestion of a releaser." Kajira of Gor page 130

"He proffered me a cup and I with one hand holding the blanket about me with the other drank its contents. It was a foul brew but I downed it. I did not know at the time but it was slave wine. Men sledom breed upon their slave girls."  Slave Girl of Gor page 69

"I held the object before her. she regarded it with dismay, I have already chewed sip root
within the moon."she said. "She did not need the sip root of course for as she had pointed out
she had had some within the moon and indeed the effect of sip root in the raw state in most
women is three or four moons."  Blood Brothers of Gor page 319

In the concentrated state as in slave wine developed by the Caste of Physicians the effect ( of sip root ) is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for its remission, usually administered to a slave in what is called breeding wine or second wine"  Blood Brothers of Gor page 319

"This is not really wine, or an alcoholic beverage. It is called slave wine I think for the
amusement of the Masters. It is extremely bitter. One draught of the substance is reputed to
last until the administration of an appropriate releaser. In spite of this belief however or
perhaps in deference to tradition, lingering from earlier times, in which, it seems less reliable
slave wines were available, doses of this foul stuff are usually administered to female slaves
at regular intervals usually once or twice a year. Some girls rather cynical ones, I suspect
speculate that the Masters give it to them more often than necessary just because they enjoy
watching them down the terrible stuff." Dancer of Gor page 174

 "The active ingredient of breeding wine or second
wine is a derivative of teslik." Blood Brothers of Gor page 320

"Slave wine is bitter, intentionally so. Its effect lasts for more than a Gorean month. I did not wish the females to conceive. A female slave is taken off slave wine only when it is her master's intention to breed her." Marauders of Gor, page 23 - 24

"From a spout on the vessel, grinning, Gorm filled the golden cup. The liquid swirling in the cup was black. ... She looked at the black liquid. 'Drink,' said the Forkbeard. She lifted it to her lips, and tasted it. She closed her eyes and lifted her face. 'It is too bitter,' she wept...One by one, the prizes of Ivar Forkbeard, even the rich, proud Aelgifu, were forced to down the slave wine."  Marauders of Gor, page 83 - 84

slave yoke: a tool used by slaves to pull wagon, sleds and other things

The Northern yoke is either of wood or bone, and is drilled in three places. the one thistle wore was of wood. It was not heavy. It passed behind her neck at which point one of the drilled holes occurred. the other two holes occurred at the termination's of the yoke. A leather strap is knotted about the girls wrist, passed through the drilled hole at one end of the yoke, usually that on her left, taken up through the hole behind the neck, looped twice about her neck, threaded back down the end, usually the one on her right, and tied about her right wrist. She is thus fastened to the yoke. From each end of the yoke there hung a large sack. Beasts of Gor page 196

Slavers, Caste of: is sub caste of the Merchants, one who deals in human merchandise; their caste colors are Blue and Yellow.: Magicians of Gor, page 315

"The Slavers, incidentally, are of the Merchant caste, though, in virtue of their merchandise and practices, their robes are different." Assassin of Gor, page 208

"Samos wore the blue and yellow robes of the Slaver." Hunters of Gor, page 7

"From among the domed tents, wearing a swirling robe of broadly striped blue and yellow silk, with a headband of the same material, there approached a short, fat man, Targo the Slaver." Outlaw of Gor, page 191

Extending in a line to my left, the same line in which I formed the initial point, stripped, secured as I was were twenty more male slaves We were being examined by five women, veiled and robed, women slavers.  Fighting Slave of Gor, page 82

"Do you remember me, Jason?" she asked.
"I think so, Mistress," I said. "You were the slaver, were you not, who subjected me to such thorough assessment in the House of Andronicus?"
"You have a good eye for women, Jason," she said. "I was
veiled."  Fighting Slave of Gor, page 130

She pushed up, under my upper teeth, with her thumb. The robes and veils the women wore were graceful and of silken sheens. They were predominantly blue and yellow in their colors, which are the colors of slavers. Fighting Slave Of Gor, page 82

"Are you a female slaver?" I asked.
"No," she laughed, "though I think I might have been successful in such a profession."
Most female slavers, incidentally, are not involved in field captures. It is, on the whole, too dangerous for them.
Too, there is always the danger that they might be added to the catch by their men. Most female slavers, accordingly, are established in cities, where they own or manage houses. There they buy and sell slaves, board or rent them, train them, and so on. Statistically, there are very few female slavers. Most Gorean women tend to be attractive, and most Gorean men tend to be strong, for example. Accordingly, in a business such as slaving it is not unusual for the female slaver sooner or later, in one way or another finds the collar on her own throat. That, then, she then helplessly under the whip like any other female, is that. Players of Gor, page 86

slaver's caress: a method of touching, without warning, a slavegirl who is being sold in order to exhibit her slave heat for potential buyers; also known as the Whip Caress, as it is commonly done using a coiled whip: 

Then, before I could realize what he intended, he had subjected Miss Cardwell to what, among slavers, is known as the Whip Caress. Ideally it is done, as Kamchak had, unexpectedly, taking the girl unawares. Elizabeth suddenly cried out throwing her head to one side. I observed to my amazement the sudden, involuntary, uncontrollable response to the touch. The Whip Caress is commonly used among Slavers to force a girl to betray herself. Nomads of Gor, page 168

Her movements were wooden. The crowd was not pleased. There was only a two gold piece bid. Then taking the whip from the whip slave the auctioneer stepped to the disconsolate girl; suddenly, without warning, he administered to her the Slaver's caress, the whip caress, and her response was utterly, uncontrollably, wild, helpless. She regarded him in horror. The crowd howled with delight. Assassin of Gor, page 294

Slavers, League of Black: a branch of the Caste of Slavers; they work out of Schendi and its environs: Explorers of Gor, page 16

slaver's necklace: fanciful term for a coffle of slavegirls: Savages of Gor, page 107

slee: a rodent which inhabits the ground zone of the rainforests inland of Schendi: Explorers of Gor, page 312

Sleen: one of the wilder tribes of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens: Savages of Gor, page 85

Sleen: It is long, up to 20 feet, sinuous, black or brown in color; it resembles a lizard, save it is furred and mammalian. In its attack frenzy it is one of the most dangerous animals on Gor: also a prairie sleen, tawny in color, are smaller than the forest sleen but quite as unpredictable and vicious. Trained prairie sleen, domesticated are used for both hunting and nocturnal herd sleen, which are used as shepherds and sentinels by the

Wagon Peoples, released from their cages with the falling of darkness, responding only to the voice of their master, and when he is killed or dies, his animals are slain and eaten: also one of the swiftest and most dreaded beasts in the sea, found commonly in northern waters off the coast of Torvaldsland and farther north:also a snow sleens, inhabits the northern regions, always white in color: also a long, sleek, mammal with flippers and six legs, and double fanged jaws, can weigh as much as 1000 pounds.. and as much as 20 feet in length, hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelt:  there are several types of sea sleen including black, brown, flat-nosed, rogue, tufted and white spotted. 

"The vicious, six-legged sleen, large-eyed, sinuous, mammalian but resembling a furred, serpentine lizard, was a reliable, indefatigable hunter. He could follow a scent days old with ease, and then, perhaps hundreds of pasangs, and days, later, be unleashed for the sport of the hunters, to tear his victim to pieces." Raiders of Gor, page 105

"It is at night that the sleen hunts, that six-legged, long-bodied mammalian carnivore, almost as much a snake as an animal." Outlaw of Gor, page 26

I caught a strange, unpleasant scent, much like a common weasel or ferret, only stronger. In that instant every sense was alert. I froze, an almost animal response. I was silent, not moving, seeking the shelter of stillness and immobility. My head turned imperceptibly as I scanned the rocks and bushes about the road. I thought I heard a slight sniffing, a grunt, a small dog like whine. Then nothing. It too had frozen, probably sensing my presence. Most likely it was a sleen; hopefully a young one. I guessed it had not been hunting me or I would not have been likely to have smelled it. It would have approached from upwind. Perhaps I stood thus for six or seven minutes. Then I saw it, on its six short legs, undulate across the road, like a furred lizard, its pointed, whiskered snout swaying from side to side testing the wind.

It was indeed a young sleen, not more than eight feet long, and it lacked the patience of an older animal. Its attack, if it should detect my presence, would be noisy, a whistling rush, a clumsy squealing charge. It glided away into the darkness, perhaps not fully convinced that it was not alone, a young animal ready to neglect and overlook those slight traces that can spell the difference between death and survival in Gor’s brutal and predatory world. Outlaw of Gor page 34 -35

I had hardly moved another step when in a flash of lightning, I saw the sleen, this time a fully grown animal, some nineteen or twenty feet long, charging toward me, swiftly, noiselessly, its ears straight against its pointed head, its fur slick with rain, its fangs bared. Its wide nocturnal eyes bright with the lust of the kill. With eagerness and a lust that matched that of the beast itself, I rushed forward in the darkness and when I judged its leap I lunged forward with the broad-headed spear of Gor. My arm felt wet and trapped, and was raked with fangs and I was spun as the animal squealed with rage and pain and rolled on the road. I withdrew my arm from the weak, aimlessly snapping jaws. A shudder involuntarily shook me, though I do not know if it was due to the cold and the rain to the sight of the long, furred lizard like body that lay at my feet. Outlaw of Gor. page 36-37

"The sleen is Gor's most perfect hunter." Hunters of Gor, page 156

"There are many varieties of sleen, and most varieties can be, to one extent or another, domesticated. The two most common sorts of trained sleen are the smaller, tawny prairie sleen, and the large, brown or black forest sleen, sometimes attaining a length of twenty feet. In the north, I am told the snow sleen has been domesticated. The sleen is a dangerous and fairly common animal on Gor, which has adapted itself to a variety of environments. There is even an aquatic variety, called the sea sleen, which is one of the swiftest and most dreaded beasts in the sea." Slave Girl of Gor, page 185

"Sleen are used for a multitude of purposes on Gor, but most commonly they are used for herding, tracking, guarding and patrolling. The verr and the bosk are the most common animals herded; tabuk and slave girls are the most common animals tracked; the uses to which the sleen is put to guarding and patrolling are innumerable; it is used to secure borders, to prowl walls and protect camps; it may run loose in the streets after curfews." Slave Girl of Gor, page 186

"I saw its belly lower itself to the ground, the head still lifted, watching me. Its tail lashed, its eyes blazed. It inched forward. It had two rows of fangs." Slave Girl of Gor, page 184

he animal was some twenty feet in length, some eleven hundred pounds in weight, a forest sleen, domesticated. It was double fanged and six legged. Beasts of Gor page 12

Sleen, interestingly, come northward with the parsait, their own migrations synchronized with those of the parsait, which forms for them their principal prey. The four main types of sea sleen found in the polar seas are the black sleen, the brown sleen, the tusked sleen and the flat-nosed sleen.  Beasts of Gor page 38

"The hides can serve as harnesses for the snow sleen" Beasts of Gor, page 169

The head of the sleen, glistening, smooth, emerged from the water. It was a medium-sized, adult sea sleen, some eight feet in length, some three to four hundred pounds in weight.  Beasts of Gor page 280

I looked out across the icy water, where he had pointed. To be sure, there was the head of the sleen, about a quarter emerged, the eyes and nose flat with the water. What I could see of the head seemed very large. It was eighteen inches or more in breadth.  
"That, I think, is a rogue sleen," said Imnak. "It is a broad-head, and they are rare in these waters in the fall. Too, see the gray muzzle and the scarring on the right side of the head, where the fur is gone?" 
The animal was an adult, large-sized broad-head. It was some eighteen to twenty feet in length and perhaps a thousand pounds in weight.   Beasts of Gor page 283

"A recalcitrant girl may be kept on the oar for hours. There is also, however some danger in this, for sea sleen and the white sharks of the north occasionally attempt to tear such a girl from the oar." Marauders of Gor, page 66

"She wore, over her shoulder, a cape of white fur of the northern sea sleen." Marauders of Gor, page 25

"I saw a pair of prairie sleen, smaller than the forest sleen but quite as unpredictable and vicious, each about seven feet in length, furred, six-legged mammalian, moving in their undulating gait, with their viper's heads moving from side to side continually testing the winds" Nomads of Gor, page 2

sleen-hair, crest of: a helmet bearing the crest of sleen hair marks it as that of a captain: Raiders of Gor, page 286

sleen knife: This is a broad bladed, flat, double-edged utility knife equipped with a simple stubby crossguard and unadorned pommel. Much favored by hunters and woodsmen, it is equally suited for use as a camping and skinning knife, prying tool, and as a weapon in single combat. First appears in Book #8, Hunters of Gor.

“The huntsman resheathed his sleen knife.”  Hunters of Gor, page 162 

 “She had now thrust her sleen knife into its belt sheath.”  Hunters of Gor, page 32

“He drew out a sleen knife.”  Slave Girl of Gor, page 188 

“. . .a short sleen knife, balanced.”  Hunters of Gor, page 266 

“She fingered the hilt of the sleen knife.”  Hunters of Gor, page 133 

Sleen Trainers, Caste of: Their colors are black and brown.

"He now no longer wore the brown and black common to professional sleen trainers." Beasts of Gor, page 78

sleeping mat: mat with power switch and chronometric temperature device which may be set to have the mat turn cold before the first light, as one has little inclination to remain in a freezing bed. The mat is rolled up or folded back after each use: Tarnsman of Gor, page 60

slime worm: a long, slow, blind worm which inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the Sardar; scavenges the remains of the Golden Beetles kills

"We had not walked far when we passed a long, worm like animal, eyeless, with a small red mouth, that inched its way along the corridor, hugging the angle between the wall and the floor.
'What do you call it?' I asked.
'Oh,' said one of the slaves, 'it is a Slime Worm.'
'It scavenges on the kills of the Golden Beetle' " 
Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 105-106

Smith, Caste of: Mentioned in the books

"its libraries, its records and files; its cubicles for Smiths, Bakers, Cosmeticians, Bleachers, Dyers, Weavers, and Leather Workers." Assassin of Gor, page 111

songfish: also known as

"I heard the mating whistles of the tiny, lovely Cosian wingfish. This is a small, delicate fish; it has three of four slender spines in its dorsal fins, which are poisonous. It is called the wingfish because it can, on its stiff pectoral fins, for short distances, glide through the air, usually in an attempt to flee small sea thalarion, who are immune to the poisonous spines. It is also called a songfish, because, in their courtship rituals, males and females thrust their head from the water, uttering a kind of whistle." Raiders of Gor, page 139

" 'Now this,' Saphrar the merchant was telling me, 'is the braised liver of the blue, four-spired Cosian wingfish.'

This fish is a tiny, delicate fish, blue, about the size of a tarn disk when curled in one's hand; it has three or four slender spines in its dorsal fin, which are poisonous; it is capable of hurling itself from the water and, for brief distances, on its stiff pectoral fins, gliding through the air, usually to evade the smaller sea-tharlarions, which seem to be immune to the poison of the spines. This fish is also some times referred to as the songfish because, as a portion of its courtship rituals, the males and females thrust their heads from the water and utter a sort of whistling sound. The blue, four-spired wingfish is found only in the waters of Cos. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. The small blue fish is regarded as a great delicacy, and its liver as the delicacy of delicacies." Nomads of Gor, pages 84-85

sorp: a shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls

"Ho-Hak looked at the man who wore the headband of pearls of the Vosk sorp." Raiders of Gor, page 21

"He sat upon a giant shell of the Vosk sorp, as on a sort of throne, which for these people, I gather it was." Raiders of Gor, page 14

"Her hair was blond and straight, tied behind her with a ribbon of blue wool, from the bounding Hurt, dyed in the blood of the Vosk sorp." Marauders of Gor, pages 1-2

spear, Gorean: is designed to be used both in single combat and thrown, though it is typically depicted primarily as a missile weapon. Aided by the significantly lighter gravity of the Counter-Earth, it is deadly when thrown, quite capable of penetrating thick shields and even passing virtually unhindered through the body of its victim. As described by Tarl Cabot, the typical Gorean spear is approximately seven feet in length, with a fitted wooden handle up to two inches thick, capped by a leaf-shaped, tapering bronze spear head eighteen inches in length. Alternately this spearhead can be made of steel, which is probably true in many cases, bronze being too soft and brittle a metal for repeated or long-term usage. Nevertheless, perhaps as a matter of custom, many spears in use on Gor do retain the traditional bronze tip. The handle itself is usually made from ka-la-na wood, and can be banded with metal near the juncture of the spearhead socket to prevent the handle from shearing when thrown. First appears in Book #1, Tarnsman of Gor.

He took his spear in his right hand, It had a long heavy shaft, some two inches in width, some seven feet in length; the head of the weapon, including its socket and penetrating rivets, was some twenty inches in length; the killing edges of the blade began about two inches from the bottom of the socket, which reinforced the blade, tapering with the blade, double-edged, to within eight inches of its point; the blade was bronze; it was broad at the bottom tapering to its point; given the stoutness of the weapon, the lesser gravity of this world, and the strength of the man who wielded it, I suspected it would have considerable penetrating power; I doubted that the shields they carried, though stout, could turn its full stroke, if taken frontally; I had little doubt such a weapon might thrust a quarter of its length through the body of a man, and perhaps half its length or more through the slighter, softer body of a mere girl; I looked upon the spear; it was so mighty; I feared it. Kajira of Gor, Page 22

The spear was a typical Gorean spear, about seven feet in height, heavy, stout, with a tapering bronze head some eighteen inches in length. It is a terrible weapon and, abetted by the somewhat lighter gravity of Gor, when cast with considerable force, can pierce a shield at close quarters or bury its head a foot deep in solid wood. With this weapon groups of men hunt even the larl in its native haunts in the Voltai Range, that incredible panther like carnivore which may stand six to eight feet high at the shoulder. Outlaw of Gor, Page 21

Indeed, the Gorean spear is such that many warriors scorn lesser missile weapons, such as the longbow or crossbow, both of which are not uncommonly found on Gor  Outlaw of Gor, Page 21

Without warning, with blinding speed, the bronze-headed spear flew towards my breast, the heavy shaft blurred like a comet’s tail behind it. I twisted, and the blade cut my tunic cleanly, creasing the skin, with a line of blood as sharp as a razor. It sunk eight inches into the heavy wooden beams behind me. Had it struck me with that force, it would have passed through my body. Tarnsman of Gor, Page 44

“The spear, a Gorean war spear, its head tapered of bronze, some eighteen inches long, its shaft more than an inch and a half in thickness, more than six feet in length, sped from my grasp.” Hunters of Gor, page 279 

“It had a long, heavy shaft, some two inches in width, some seven feet in length; the head of the weapon, including its socket and penetrating rivets, was some twenty inches in length; the killing edges of the blade began about two inches from the bottom of the socket, which reinforced the blade, tapering with the blade, double-edged, to within eight inches of its point; the blade was bronze; it was broad at the bottom, tapering to its point. . .”  Slave Girl of Gor, page 22 

 “The tarnsman commonly carries, strapped to the saddle, a Gorean spear, a fearsome weapon, but primarily a missile weapon, and one more adopted to infantry.”  Assassin of Gor, page 366

spear, Red Hunter/Savages: is similar in most respects to the common Gorean spear, though often it is found tipped with carved bone or shaped stone, rather than metal. It is also highly carved and decorated, according to tribal custom. First appears in Book #17, Savages of Gor.

“This time it brought forth a mighty spear, some twelve feet in length, with a long, tapering bronze head. . . . The shaft of the spear was some three inches in diameter. The bronze head might have weighed some twenty pounds.”  Savages of Gor, page 24 

“. . .the longer, heavier tharlarion lances designed for use from tharlarionback, and often used with a lance post. . .”  Savages of Gor, page 42 

spear, war (Kur): Constructed similarly to the common Gorean war spear, only much larger and heavier. The Kur war spear is some 12 feet in length, with a long, tapering bronze head. The shaft of the Kur war spear is 3" in diameter, and the bronze head weighs up to twenty pounds. First appears in book #17, Savages of Gor.

spices: Various types of spices including pepper and nutmeg are mentioned in the books.

"..a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg." Tribesmen of Gor, page 48

"Some of the peppers and spices, relished even by children in the Tharai districts, were sufficient to convince an average good fellow of Thentis or Ar that the roof of his mouth and his tongue were being torn out of his head," Tribesman of Gor, page 46

Spider People: man-sized arachnids which inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar; they can communicate in human speech via the mechanical translators they wear around their abdomens; they spin Curlon Fiber, which is used in the textile mills of Ar:

Actually these are known as the Spider People. They are rational and speak to humans through the use of a translator device. They are large spiders that live in the swamps near Ar. "Approaching me, stepping daintily for all its bulk, prancing over the strands, came one of the Swamp Spiders of Gor, and I caught sight of the mandibles, like curved knives. He then backed away from me on his eight legs 1 saw then for the first time that strapped to his abdomen, was a translation device. They hunt us and leave only enough of us alive to spin the Cur-lon Fiber used in the mills of Ar." Tarnsman of Gor, pages 81-83

When I opened my eyes, I found myself partially adhering to a vast network of broad, elastic strands that formed a structure, perhaps a pasang in width, and through which at numerous points projected the monstrous trees of the swamp forest. I felt the network, or web, tremble, and I struggled to rise, but found myself unable to gain my feet. My flesh adhered to the adhesive substance of the broad strands.

Approaching me, stepping daintily for all its bulk, prancing over the strands came one of the Swamp Spiders of Gor. I fastened me eyes on the blue sky, wanting it to be the last thing I looked upon. I shuddered as the beast paused near me, and I felt the light stroke of its forelegs, felt the tactile investigation of the sensory hairs of its appendages. I looked at it, and it peered down, with its four pairs of pearly eyes. the monstrous insect bent near me and I caught sight of the mandibles, like curves knives. I tensed myself for the sudden lateral chopping of those pincers like jaws. Instead, saliva or some related type of secretion or exudate was being applied to the wed in my vicinity, which loosened its adhesive grip. When freed, I was lifted lightly in the mandibles and carried to the edge of the web, where the spider seized a hanging strand and scurried downward, placing me on the ground. He then backed away from me on his eight legs, but never taking the pearly gaze of his several eyes from me.

‘I will not hurt you. The Spider People do not hurt rational creatures.’

I paused, then, being confident the creature had no love for the men of Ar, answered affirmatively.

‘That is pleasing to me,’ said the insect, ‘for the men of Ar do not behave well towards the Spider People. They hunt us and leave only enough of us alive to spin the Cur-lon Fibre used in the mills of Ar. If they were not rational creatures, we would fight them.

Luckily I did immediately as he had advised, fixing my grip deep in the long black hairs that covered his thorax, for Nar suddenly raced to a nearby swamp tree and scuttled high into its branches. Tarnsman of Gor. page 80-83

spiked hand wraps: Similar to the Earth Cestus, or heavy cloth or leather strips bound about the hand, with projecting spikes, which cover the wearer's knuckles. First appears in Book #14, Fighting Slave of Gor.

spiked leather: A pair of spiked leather balls, which are worn upon the hands of gladiatorial fighters; the spikes of these devices can be very long. First appears in Book #14, Fighting Slave of Gor.

springals: at weapon that fires multiple javelins at the same time... sometimes mounted on ships

“. . .tarred javelins would be shaken out near the springals and light catapults. . .” Raiders of Gor, page 197 

“A set of javelins, five of them, from a springal, struck from their guides by a forward-springing plank. . .”  Guardsman of Gor, page 49 

“She also carried, on leather-cushioned, swivel mounts, two light catapults, two chain-sling onagers, and eight springals.”   Raiders of Gor, page 193 

“. . .deck areas and deck castles can accommodate springals, small catapults, and chain-sling onagers, not to mention numerous bowmen, all of which can provide a most discouraging and vicious barrage, consisting normally of javelins, burning pitch, fiery rocks and crossbow quarrels. . .”  Raiders of Gor, page 133 

squirrels, black: animal of the ground zone of the rain forest: Explorers of Gor, page 312

stabilization serums: a series of medical injections which, among other things, retards the aging process; an invention of the Priest-Kings, approved by them for use by humans; administered in 4 injections

I had spent eight days in the slave pens, waiting the night of the sale. I had been examined medically, in detail, and had had administered to me, while I lay bound, helplessly, a series of painful shots, the purpose of which I did not understand. They were called the stabilization serums. We were also kept under harsh discipline, close confinement and given slave training. I well recalled the lesson which was constantly enforced upon us: "The master is all. Please him fully."
"What is the meaning of the stabilization serums?" I had asked Sucha.
She had kissed me. "They will keep you much as you are," she said, "young and beautiful."
I had looked at her, startled.
"The masters, and the free, of course, if there is need of it, you must understand, are also afforded serums of stabilization," she said adding, smiling, "though they are administered to them I suppose, with somewhat more respect than they are to a slave"
"If there is need of it?" I asked.
"Yes " she said
"Do some not require the serum'?" I asked.
"Some, said Sucha, "but these individuals are rare, and are the offspring of individuals who have had the serums."
"Why is this?" I asked.
"I do not know," said Sucha "Men differ."
The matter, I supposed, was a function of genetic subtleties, and the nature of differing gametes. The serums of stabilization effected, it seemed, the genetic codes, perhaps altering or neutralizing certain messages of deterioration, providing, I supposed, processes in which an  exchange of materials could take place while tissue and cell patterns remained relatively constant. Ageing was a physical process and, as such, was susceptible to alteration by physical means. All physical processes are theoretically, reversible. Entropy itself is presumably a moment in a cosmic rhythm. The physicians of Gor, it seemed, had addressed themselves to the conquest conquest of what had hitherto been a universal disease called on Gor the drying and withering disease, called on Earth, ageing. Generations, of intensive research and experimentation had taken place. At last a few physicians drawing upon the accumulated data to hundreds of investigators, had achieved the breakthrough, devising the first primitive stabilization serums, later to be developed and exquisitely refined.
I had stood in the rage startled, trembling. "Why are serums of such value given to slaves?" I asked.
"Are they of such value?" she asked "Yes," she said, "I suppose so." She took them for granted, much as the humans of Earth might take for granted routine inoculations. She was unfamiliar with ageing. The alternative to the serums was not truly clear to her. "Why should slaves not be given the serums?" she asked. "Do the masters not want their slaves healthy and better able to serve them?" Slave Girl of Gor, page 282

"The Player was a rather old man, extremely unusual on Gor, where the stabilization serums were developed centuries ago by the Caste of Physicians in Ko-ro-ba and Ar, and transmitted to the Physicians of other cities at several of the Sardar Fairs. Age on Gor interestingly, was regarded, and still is, by the Caste of Physicians as a disease, not an inevitable natural phenomenon. The fact that it seemed to be a universal disease did not disuade the caste from considering how it might be combated. Accordingly the research of centuries was turned to this end. Many other diseases, which presumably flourished centuries ago on Gor, tended to be neglected, as less dangerous and less universal than that of aging. A result tended to be that those susceptible to many diseases died and those less susceptible lived on, propagating their kind. One supposes something similar may have happened with the plagues of the Middle Ages on Earth. At any rate, disease is now almost unknown among the Gorean cities, with the exception of the dreaded Dar-Kosis."
"At one time, said he, centuries ago, men of my Caste claimed age was incurable. Others did not accept this and continued to work. The result was the Stabilization Serums."  Assassin of Gor page 266

( Priest Kings and the Stabilization Serums ) "From Sarm's point of view of course your utilization there was simply to curtail the spread of the Empire of Ar, for we prefere humans to dwell in isolated communities. It is better for observing their variations, from the scientific point of view, and it is safer for us if they remain disunited, for being rational they might develope a science, and being sub rational it might be dangerous for us and for themselves if they did so. That is the reason then for your limitations of their weaponry and technology? Of Course, said Misk, but we have allowed them to develop in many areas - in medicine, for example, where something approximating the Stabilization Serums has been independently developed. What is that? I asked. You have surely not failed to notice, said Misk, that though you came to the Counter-Earth more than seven years ago you have undergone no significant physical alteration in that time. I have noticed, I said, and I wondered on this. Of course, said Misk, their serums are not as effective as ours and sometimes do not function, and sometimes the effect wears off after only a few hundred years."  Priest Kings of Gor page. 123

"You spoke of knowing the Cabots for four hundred years, I said. Yes, said Misk, and your father who is a brave and noble man, has served us upon occasion, though he dealt only, unknowingly, with Implanted Ones. He first came to Gor more than six hundred years ago. Impossible! I cried. Not with the stabilization serums, remarked Misk."  Priest Kings of Gor page 126

"You were English , I said.
Yes, he said, smiling.
Brought here on the Voyages of Acquisition? 
Of Course, he said."
"How long ago? I asked. 
He began to try to stuff the tobacco into the bowl of the pipe. Given the gravitational alteration this was no easy task. 
Do you know of these things? asked Parp, without looking up. 
I know of the Stabilization Serums, I said.
Parp glanced up from the pipe, holding his thumb over the bowl to prevent the tobacco from floating out of it, and smiled. 
Three centuries, he said, and then returned his attention to the pipe." Priest Kings of Gor page 288

"Strangely, though it had now been six years since I left counter-earth, I can discover no signs of aging or physical alteration in my appearance. I have puzzled over this, trying to connect it with the mysterious letter, dated in the seventeenth century, ostensibly by my father, which I received in the blue envelope. Perhaps the serums of the Caste of Physicians so skilled on Gor, have something to do with this, but I cannot tell." Tarnsman of Gor page 218

"Torvald, said he, sleeps in the Torvaldsberg, and has done so for a thousand years. He waits to be wakened. When his land needs him, he shall awake. He shall then lead us in battle. Again he will lead the men of the north." ..."What is your true name? I had inquired. He looked at me, and smiled. It was strange what he said. My name, he said, is Torvald. Then he had turned away, I watched him return to the mountain. I thought of the stabilization serums, My name is Torvald, he had said."  Marauders of Gor page 232

"The Stabilization Serums, which are regarded as the right of all human beings, be they civilized or barbarian, friend or enemy, are administered in a series of injections, and the effect is, incredibly, an eventual, gradual transformation of certain genetic structures, resulting in indefinate cell replacement without pattern deterioration. These genetic alterations, moreover, are commonly capable of being transmitted. For example, though I received the series of injections when first I came to Gor many years ago I had been told by Physicians that they might, in my case, have been unnecessary, for I was the child of parents who, though of Earth, had been of Gor, and had received the serum. But different human beings respond differently to the Stabilization Serums, and the Serums are more effective with some than with others. With some the effect last indefinately, with others it wears off after but a few hundred years, with some the effect does not occur at all, with others tragically, the effect is not to stabilize the patteren but to hasten its degeneration. The odds, however, are in favor of the recipient, and there are few Goreans who, if it seems they need the Serum's do not avail themselves of them."  Assassin of Gor page 30 

"In the first house of my slavery, I said, I was given a series of injections. I am curious about them. Were they innoculations against disease? I know those you mean, he said. No, they were the stabilization serums. We give them even to slaves. What are they? I asked. You do not know? he asked. No, I said. They are a discovery of the caste of physicians, he said. They work their effects on the body. What is their purpose? I asked. Is there anything in particular which strikes you generally, statistically, about the population of Gor? he asked. Their vitality, their health, their youth, I said. Those are consequences of the stabilization serums, he said. I do not understand, I said. You will retain your youth and beauty, curvaceous slave, he said. That is the will of masters. I do not understand, I said frightened. Ageing, he said, is a physical process, like any other. It is, accordingly, accessible to physical influences. To be sure, it is a subtle and complex process. It took a thousand years to developed the stabilization serums. Our physicians regarded ageing as a disease, the drying, withering disease, and so attacked it as a disease. They did not regard it as, say a curse, or a punishment, or something inalterable or inexplicable, say, assume sort of destined, implacable fatality. No. They regarded it as a physical problem,
susceptible to physical approaches. Some five hundred years ago, they developed the first stabilization serums. How could I ever pay for such a thing! I gasped. There is no question of
payment, he said. They are given to you as an animal, a slave. Master, I whispered, awed. Do not fret, he said. In the case of a woman from earth, like yourself, they are not free. Master? I asked. He took my collar in both hands, and moved it in such a way that I could feel how sturdily, and obdurately, it was locked on my neck. For a woman such as you, he said, their price is the collar."  Dancer of Gor page. 472

"I had spent eight days in the slave pens, waiting the night of the sale. I had been examined medically, in detail, and had had administered to me, while I lay bound, helplessly, a series of painful shots, the purpose of which I did not understand. They were called the stabilization serums. We were also kept under harsh discipline, close confinement and given slave training". I well recalled the lesson which was constantly enforced upon us: "The master is all. Please him fully." "What is the meaning of the stabilization serums?" I had asked Sucha. She had kissed me. "They will keep you much as you are," she said, "young and beautiful." I had looked at her, startled. "The masters, and the free, of course, if there is need of it, you must understand, are also afforded serums of stabilization," she said adding, smiling, "though they are administered to them I suppose, with somewhat more respect than they are to a slave." "If there is need of it?" I asked. "Yes " she said "Do some not require the serum'?" I asked. "Some, said Sucha, "but these individuals are rare, and are the offspring of individuals who have had the serums." "Why is this?" I asked. "I do not know," said Sucha "Men differ." The matter, I supposed, was a function of genetic subtleties, and the nature of differing gametes. The serums of stabilization effected, it seemed, the genetic codes, perhaps altering or neutralizing certain messages of deterioration, providing, I supposed, processes in which an exchange of materials could take place while tissue and cell patterns remained relatively constant. Ageing was a physical process and, as such, was susceptible to alteration by physical means. All physical processes are theoretically, reversible. Entropy itself is presumably a moment in a cosmic rhythm. The physicians of Gor, it seemed, had addressed themselves to the conquest conquest of what had hitherto been a universal disease called on Gor the drying and withering disease, called on Earth, ageing. Generations, of intensive research and experimentation had taken place. At last a few physicians drawing upon the accumulated data to hundreds of investigators, had achieved the breakthrough, devising the first primitive stabilization serums, later to be developed and exquisitely refined. I had stood in the rage startled, trembling. "Why are serums of such value given to slaves?" I asked. "Are they of such value?" she asked "Yes," she said, 'I suppose so." She took them for granted, much as the humans of Earth might take for granted routine inoculations. She was unfamiliar with ageing. The alternative to the serums was not truly clear to her. "Why should slaves not be given the serums?" she asked. "Do the masters not want their slaves healthy and better able to serve them?"  Slave Girl of Gor page 282

"They are administered in four shots ...said the Physician. ...The guard took me and threw me, belly down on the platform, fastening my wrists over my head and widely apart, in leather wrist straps. He similarly secured my ankles. The Physician busying himself with fluids and a syringe before a shelf in another part of the room laden with vials. I screamed. The shot was painful. It was entered in the small of my back, over the left hip. They left me secured on the table for several minutes and then the Physician returned to check the shot. There had been apparently no unusual reaction. ...On the first day I had been examined, given some minor medicines of little consequence, and the first shot in the Stabilization Series. On the second, third and fourth day I received the concluding shots of the series. On the fifth day the Physician took more samples. The serums are effective ...he told the guard."  Captive of Gor page 93

staff, great: a common weapon of the peasants

The other common peasant weapon is the great staff, some six feet in length, some two inches in width.  Slave Girl of Gor, Page 139

stake position -  When chained at a stake, with this command, the slave lays down, and is not permitted to rise, even to her knees: Vagabonds of Gor, page 386

stimulation cage: an ornate, fairly roomy cage, furnished comfortably with fabrics of all kinds, furs, cosmetics, perfumes, jewelry, etc. in which a naked slavegirl in training may be housed; its purpose is to awaken her senses, esp. the tactile senses, to everything in the world around her, so that she may be more pleasing to masters; in addition, it is just too short for her to stand upright, so that her head is always inclined in a gesture of submission

A stimulation cage is an ornately barred, low ceiling cage; it is rather roomy, except for the low ceiling, about five feet high. The girl cannot stand erect in it without her head inclined submissively. In such a cage, and in training, when not in such a cage, the girl who is housed in the stimulation cage is not permitted to look directly into the eyes of a male, even a male slave. This is designed, psychologically, to make the girl extremely conscious of males. When she is sold, then only, if the master wished, he may say to her, "You may look into the eyes of your master." When she, frightened, tenderly, timidly lifts her eyes to him, if he should deign to smile upon her, the girl then, in gratitude and joy, at last permitted to relate to another human being, often falls to her knees before him, an adoring slave. When next she looks up, his will be stern, and she will look down, quickly, frightened. "I will try to serve you well, Master," she whispers. The accouterments of the stimulation-cell are also calculated with respect to their effect on the slave. There are brushes, perfumes, cosmetics, slave jewelries, heavy necklaces, armlets, bracelets, and bangles; there is no clothing; there are also cushions, bowls of copper and lamps of brass. Importantly, there are also surfaces of various textures, a deep-piled rug, satins, silks, coarsely woven kaiila-hair cloths, brocades, rep-cloth, a tiled corner, a sleen pelt, cloths woven of strung beads, cloaks of leather, mats of reeds, etc. The point of this is that the senses and body of the slave, stripped save for brand and collar, and whatever perfumes, cosmetics or jewelries she may wear under the instruction of her trainer, are being taught to be alive, to sense and feel with great sensitivity; the senses and skins of many human beings, in effect, are dead, instead of being alert and alive to hundreds of subtle differences in, say, atmospheres, temperatures, humidity, surfaces, etc. Tribesman of Gor, page 24

sting flies or needle flies: Originate in the delta, and similar places. It's sting is extremely painful, but it is usually not dangerous, unless inflicted in great numbers: Vagabonds of Gor, page 161

stones: a guessing game in which one player must guess whether the number of stones held in the fist of the second player is odd or even: 

Others played "Stones," where one player guesses the number of stones held in the other's hand. I Captive of Gor, page 107

At "Stones," however, I was genuinely pleased with myself. It has two players, who take alternate turns. Each player has the same number of "Stones," usually two to five per player. The "Stones" are usually pebbles or beads, but in the cities one can buy small polished, carved boxes containing ten "stones," the quality of which might vary from polished ovoid stones, with swirling patterns, to gems worth the ransom of a merchant's daughter. The object of the game is simple, to guess the number of stones held in he other's hand or hands. One point is scored for a correct guess, and the game is usually set for a predetermined number of paired guesses, usually fifty. Usually your opponent tries to outwit you, by either changing the number of stones held in his hand or, perhaps, keeping it the same. I was quite successful at this game, and I could beat most of the girls. I could even beat Inge, who was of the scribes. Captive of Gor, page 107

'Tal,' I said to two guardsmen who crouched at the side of a fire, playing Stones, a guessing game in which one person must guess whether the number of stones held in the fist of another is odd or even. Outlaw of Gor, page186

story skin: an artifact of the red savages... a series of drawings and pictographs on a skin used to tell a story... the beginning of the story is at the center of the skin, reading it in a slow spiral outward.. by turning the skin: Savages of Gor, page 36

Street of Brands - {noun): the city or area in a given city where slavers conduct their business: Tarnsman of Gor, page 132

Street of Coins: the street or area in a given city where banking and other financial transactions take place: Beasts of Gor, page 45

Street of the Writhing Slave: dark, narrow street not far from the wharves in Victoria where most renters and dealers in coin girls keep their kennels on this street: Guardsman of Gor, page 143

street veil: the outermost veil worn by free women; worn over the house veil when leaving the house: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107

submission mat: a mat on which a girl kneels to submit: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 129

submission, position: how a freewoman present herself to a Master that she is willing to submit to and become his slave

"'I can force you to take me,' she said.
'How?' I asked.
'Like this,' she responded, kneeling before me, lowering her head and lifting her arms, the wrists crossed. She laughed. 'Now you must take me with you or slay me.' I cursed her, for she took unfair advantage of the Warrior Codes of Gor.
'What is the submission of Talena, the daughter of the Ubar,
worth?' I taunted. 'Nothing,' she said. 'But you must accept it or slay me.'" Tarnsman of Gor; page 109

"I know what you are waiting for," said the daughter of the Ubar, strangely calm after her earlier fury - unnaturally calm, it seemed to me. I didn't understand her. What was it she thought I was waiting for? Then, to my astonishment, the daughter of the Ubar Marlenus, daughter of the Ubar of Ar, knelt before me, a simple warrior of Ko-ro-ba, and lowered her head, lifting and extending her arms, the wrists crossed. It was the same simple ceremony that Sana had performed before me in the chamber of my father, back in Ko-ro-ba -- the submission of the captive female. Without raising her eyes from the ground, the daughter of the Ubar said in a clear, distinct voice: "I submit myself."  Tarnsman of Gor; page 93

 "she came and stood before me, and then dropped to her knees, resting back on her heels. She lowered her head and extended her arms, wrists crossed, the submission of the gorean female."  Raiders of Gor, page 92

"'Submit!' he boomed at the large, blond girl and, terrified, almost leaping, she lowered her head, thrusting, forward her hands, wrists crossed." Raiders of Gor; page 93

"Submit," I told her. She knelt before me, back on her heels, arms extended, head down, between her arms, wrists crossed, as though for binding."  Explorers of Gor, page 74

"Assume the posture of female submission," I told her. She did so, kneeling back on her heels, her arms extended, wrists crossed, her head between them, down. She was weeping. Tribesmen of Gor, page 359

'Submit,' he said.
She looked at me, wildly, piteously. I aided her. 
I showed her how to kneel back on her heels, her arms extended to him, wrists crossed, her head down, between her arms. 
'Say,'I submit,'' I said. 
"I submit,' she said. He bound her wrists tightly before her body." Slave Girl of Gor; page 401

"He twisted her hair more. She winced, her back bent painfully.
'Do you wish me to submit to you now?' she begged.
'Do so,' said he.
She fell to her knees before him, and lifted her head to regard him. 
'I will be your slave,' she said. 
Then, she knelt back on her heels, lowered her head, and lifted and extended her arms, wrists crossed, as though for binding. 
She was very beautiful. 'I am your slave,' she said, '- Master.'"  Hunters of Gor; page 16

sugar: It is used to sweeten things such as blackwine and other drinks as well as used in pastries and candies. There is mention of various colors of sugar on Gor but only two colors are actually spoken of that being "yellow" and "white".

"She carried a tray, on which were various spoons and sugars. She knelt, placing her tray upon the table. With a tiny spoon, its tip no more than a tenth of a hort in diameter, she placed four measures of white sugar, and six of yellow, in the cup; with two stirring spoons, one for the white sugar, another for the yellow, she stirred the beverage after each measure."   Tribesmen of Gor, page 89

 Lola now returned to the small table and, kneeling, head down, served us our dessert, slices of tospit, sprinkled with four Gorean sugars."  Rogue of Gor, page 132

sul plant: vine with golden leaves: Priest Kings of Gor, page 44

Sul:  It is a large, thick skinned, yellow-fleshed, tuberous root vegetable very common to Gor. It can be prepared a thousand different ways. Slave girl of Gor, page 134

"The sul is a large, thick-skinned, yellow-fleshed, root vegetable. It is very common on this world. There are a thousand ways in which it is prepared. It is fed even to slaves. I had had some at the house; narrow, cooked slices, smeared with butter, sprinkled with salt, fed to me by hand." Dancer of Gor, page 80

"With a serving prong she placed narrow strips of roast bosk and fried sul on my plate." Guardsman of Gor, page 234

"The slave boy, Fish, had emerged from the kitchen, holding over his head on a large silver platter a whole roasted tarsk, steaming and crisped, basted, shining under the torch light, a larma in its mouth, garnished with suls and Tur-Pah." Raiders of Gor, page 219

sul paga: Is a clear, alcoholic beverage made primarily from the yelllow suls. It is served in a cup, footed bowl, kantharos and is considered a peasant drink.

"My master extended his cup to me, and I , kneeling, filled it with Sul paga. I pressed my lips to the cup, and handed it to him. My eyes smarted. I almost felt drunk from the fumes." Slave Girl of Gor, page 134

"Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is as clear as water... the still, with its tanks and pipes, lay within the village, that of Tabuk's Ford, in which Thurnus, our host, was caste leader."

"Excellent," said my master, sipping the Sul paga. He could have been commenting only on the potency of drink, for Sul paga is almost tasteless. One does not guzzle Sul paga. Last night one of the men had held my head back and forced me to swallow a mouthful. In moments things had gone black, and I had fallen unconscious." Slave Girl of Gor, page 134

"Sul paga, as anyone knew, is seldom available outside of a peasant village, where it is brewed. Sul paga would slow a tharlarion. To stay on your feet after a mouthful of Sul paga it is said one must be of the peasants, and then for several generations. And even then it is said, it is difficult to manage. There is a joke about the baby of a peasant father being born drunk nine months later." Slave Girl of Gor , page 414

sula - (command; lit. 'back'): In this position, a slave lays upon her back, her hands at her sides, palms upward, her legs widely spread, to await her Master's pleasure:
'Sula, Kajira!' said the man. She slid her legs from under her and lay on her back, her hands at her sides, palms up, legs open. Explorers of Gor, page 77

sullage: is a common Gorean soup made principally from: suls, tur-pah, and kes. Added to these are other things that maybe handy.

"First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients, and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, …the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-Pah, a tree parasite,… and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes shrub…" Priest Kings of Gor, page 45

Sun Lances: a warrior society of the Sleen tribe of Red Savages: Savages of Gor, page 314