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waders: a variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi:

Along the river, of course, many other species of birds may be found, such as jungle gants, tufted fishers and ring-necked and yellow-legged waders. Explorers of Gor, page 311 

Wagon Peoples: The Wagon Peoples grow no food, nor do they have manufacturing as we know it. They are herders and it is said, killers. They eat nothing that has touched the dirt. They live on the meat and milk of the bosk, an ox like creature without which the Wagon Peoples could not live. Not only does the flesh of the bosk and the milk of its cows furnish the Wagon Peoples with food and drink, but its hides cover the domelike wagons in which they dwell; its tanned and sewn skin cover their bodies; the leather of its hump is used for their shields; its sinews forms their thread; its bones and horns are split and tooled into implements of a hundred sorts, from punches and spoons to drinking flagons and weapon tips; its hoofs are used for glues; its oils are used to grease their bodies against the cold. The bosk is said to be the Mother of the Wagon Peoples, and they reverence it as such. The man who kills one foolishly, not to mention a bosk cow with unborn young, is sentenced to horrible deaths.

The wagons of the Wagon Peoples are, in their brilliant colors, a glorious sight. They are almost square, each of the size of a large room. All wagons are drawn by a double team of bosk, four in a team, with each team linked to its wagon tongue. One of the most striking features of these wagons is the wheels. They are carved wood and, like the wagons hides, richly painted.

The mount of the Wagon Peoples, unknown to the northern hemisphere of Gor, is the terrifying but beautiful Kaiila. It is a silken, carnivorous, lofty creature, long-necked, smooth-gaited. The Kaiila, once eats its fill, does not touch food for several days. It is extremely agile and can easily outmanouver the slower, more ponderous high tharlarion.

The Wagon peoples are the only ones that have a clan of torturers, trained as carefully as Scribes of Physicians, in the arts of detaining life. Some of these men have achieved fortune and fame in various Gorean cities for their services to Initiates and Ubars, and others with an interest in these arts. For some reason they all wear hoods. It is said that they remove the hood only when the sentence is death, so that it is only condemned men who have seen whatever it is that lies beneath the hood.

It is said that a youth of the Wagon peoples is taught the Bow, the Quiva and the Lance before their parents consents to give him a name, for names are precious among the Wagon Peoples, as among Goreans in general, and they are not to be wasted on someone who is likely to die, one who cannot well handle the weapons of the hunt and war. Until the youth has mastered the bow, the quiva and the lance, he is simply known as the first, or the second and so on, son of such and such a father.

The faces of the Warriors of the Wagon peoples bear brightly colored scars. The vivid coloring and intensity of these scars, their prominence, are cultural, not congenital and bespeak the glories and status, tha arrogance and prides of their bearers. The scars are worked into the faces with needles and knives and pigments and dung of bosk over a period of days and nights. Most of the scars are set in pairs, moving diagonally down from the side of the head toward the nose and chin. Each of these scars on the face of these men have a meaning, a significance that can be read by their Wagon Peoples Clans. The Courage Scar is always the highest scar on the face. Without that scar, no other scar can be granted and further more, the man without it, may not pay court to a free woman, own a wagon, or won more than five bosk and three kaiila. The Courage Scar thus has its social and economic, as well as marital, import. The Wagon peoples value courage above all else.

The Wagon Peoples are fascinated with the future and its signs and though, to hear them speak, they put no store in such matters, yet they do in practice give them great consideration. The woman of the Wagon Peoples, it might be mentioned, are not permitted to pray, many of them, however, do patronize the haruspexes, who, besides foretelling the future with greater or lesser degree of accuracy, for generally reasonable fees, provide an incredible assemblage of amulets, talismans, that depending on the purpose, may be knotted in various ways and worn about the neck.

Free Women among the Peoples are not permitted to wear silk. It is claimed among the wagons, that any woman who loves the feel of silk on her body is, in the secrecy of her heart and blood, a slave girl, whether or not some Master has yet forced her to don the collar. 

Among the Wagon Peoples, to be a slave means, for a girl, to wear four articles: two red and two black. The Curla, a red cord tied about the waist. The Chatka, a long, narrow strip of black leather fitting over the Curla in the front. passes under and then again, from the inside, passes over the cord in the back. The Chatka is drawn tight. The Kalmak is a short open sleeveless vest of black leather. And lastly the Koora, a strip of red cloth matching the Curla, which is wound about the head to hold the hair back, for slave women among the Wagon Peoples are not permitted to braid or otherwise dress their hair, it must be, save for the Koora, worn loose. For a male slave of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few, save for the work chains, to be clad kajir means to wear the Kes, a short, sleeveless work tunic of black leather. All women, free or slave, wear tiny, gold nose rings.

The Wagon Peoples, though enemies of Turia, need and want her goods, in particular materials of metal and cloth, which are highly prized among the wagons. Even chains and collars of slave girls, worn often by captive Turian girls themselves, are of Turian origin. The Turians, on the other hand, take in trade for their goods principally the horn and hide of the bosk, which naturally the Wagon peoples, who live on the bosk, have in plenty.

There are two items which the Wagon peoples will not sell or trade to Turia. One is a living bosk and the other is a girl from the city itself, though the latter are sometimes, for the sport of the young men, allowed to run for the city. They are then hunted from the back of the kaiila with bola and thongs.

The four Tribles of the Wagon People include:

Kassars: also called the Blood People; their standard is a scarlet bola
Kataii: whose members are negroid; their standard is a yellow bow
Paravaci: also called the Rich People; their standard is a boskhead-shaped banner made of jewels strung on gold wire
Tuchuk: their standard is a representation of 4 bosk horns

The Wagon Peoples grow no food, nor do they have manufacturing, as we know it. They are herders a, and it is said, killers. They eat nothing that has touched the dirt. They live on the meat and milk of the bosk. They are among the proudest peoples on Gor, regarding the dwellers of the cities of Gor as vermin in holes, cowards who must fly behind walls, wretches who fear to live beneath the broad sky, who dare not dispute them the open, windswept plains of their world. The bosk is said to be the Mother of the Wagon Peoples, and they reverence it as such. The man who kills one foolishly is strangled in thongs or suffocated in the hide of the animal he slew. Nomads of Gor, page 5

I knew that they spoke a dialect of Gorean, and I hoped I would be able to understand them. If I could not I must die as befitted a swordsman of Ko-ro-ba. I hoped that I would be granted death in battle, if death it must be the Wagon Peoples, of all those on Gor that I know, are the only ones that have a clan of Torturers, trained as carefully as scribes or physicians, in the arts of detaining life. Nomads of Gor, page 9

I could see he (Tuchuk) carried a small rounded shield, glossy, black, lacquered: he wore a conical, fur rimmed iron helmet, a net of colored chains depending from the helmet protecting his face, leaving only holes for the eyes. He wore a quilted jacket and under this a leather jerkin; the jacket was trimmed with fur and had a for collar; his boots were made of hide and also trimmed with fur; he had a wide, five buckled belt. I could not see his face because of the net of chain that hung before it. I also noted, about his throat, now lowered, there was a soft leather wind scarf which might, when the helmet and veil was lifted, be drawn over the mouth and nose, against the wind and dust of his ride. He was very erect in the saddle. His lance remained on his back, but he carried in his right hand the small, powerful, horn bow of the Wagon Peoples and attached to his saddle was a lacquered, narrow, rectangular quiver containing as many as forty arrows. On the saddle there also hung, on one side, a coiled robe of braided bosk hide and, on the other, a long, three weighted bola f the sort used in hunting tumits and men; in the saddle itself, on the right side, indicating the rider must be right handed, were the seven sheaths for the almost legendary quivas, the balanced saddle knives of the prairie. It was said a youth of the Wagon Peoples was taught the bow, the quiva, and the lance before their parents would consent to give them a name, for names are precious among the Wagon Peoples, as among goreans in general, and they are not to be wasted on one who is likely to die, one who cannot handle the weapons of the hunt and war. Until the youth has mastered the bow, the quiva, and the lance he is simply known as first, or the second, and so on, son of such and such a father. Nomads of Gor, page 10-11

The mount of the Wagon Peoples, unknown in the Northern Hemisphere of Gor, is the terrifying but beautiful kaiila. Nomads of Gor, page 13

I was looking on the faces of four men, warriors of the Wagon Peoples. On the face of each there were, almost like corded chevrons, brightly colored scars. The vivid coloring and intensity of these scars, their prominence, reminded me of the hideous markings on the faces of Mandrills; But these disfigurements, as I soon recognized, were cultural, not congenital, and bespoke not of natural innocence of the work of genes but of glories, and status, the arrogance the prides, of their bearers. The scars had been worked into the faces, with needles and knives and pigments and the dung of bosk over the period of days and nights. Men had died in the fixing of such scars. Most scars were set in pairs, moving diagonally down from the side of the head toward the nose and chin. ~The faces of the men I saw were all scarred differently, but each was scarred. I recalled what I had heard whispered of once before, in a tavern of Ar, the terrible Scar Codes of the Wagon Peoples, for each of the hideous marks on the face of these men had meaning, a significance that could be read by the Paravaci, the Kassars, the Katsii, the Tuchuks, as clearly as you or I might read a sign in a window r a sentence in a book. At that time I could read only the top scar, the red, bright, fierce cord like scar that was the courage Scar. It is always the highest scar on the face. Indeed, without that scar, no other scar can be granted. The wagon peoples value courage above all else. Nomads of Gor, page 16

The children of the Wagon peoples are taught the saddle of the kaiila before the can walk. Nomads of Gor, page 17

he wants a kill I told myself. He is under the eyes of Warriors of other peoples. It would be safest to throw low. It would be a finer cast, however, to try for the throat or head. How vain is he? How skillful is he? He would be both skillful and vain; he was Tuchuk. Nomads of Gor, page 25

Suddenly the Tuchuk bent to the soil and picked up a handful of dirt and grass, the land on which the bosk graze, the land which is the land of the Tuchuks, and this dirt and this grass he thrust in my hands and I held it. The warrior grinned and put his hands over mine so that our hands, together held the dirt and grass, and were together clasped upon it. "Yes," said the warrior, "come in peace to the Land of the Wagon Peoples." Nomads of Gor, page 26

He grinned a Tuchuk grin. "How are the Bosk?" He asked. "As well as may be expected," said Kamchak. "Are the Quivas sharp?" "One tries to keep them so," said Kamchak. "It is important to keep the axles of the wagons greased," observed Kutaituchik. "Yes," said Kamchak, "I believe so." Kutaituchik suddenly reached outand he and Kamchak, laughing, clasped hands. Nomads of Gor, page 44

"You would risk," I asked, "the herds- the wagons- the peoples?"~ "Yes," said Kamchak. "Why?" I asked. He looked at me and smiled. "Because," said he, " we have together held grass and earth" Nomads of Gor, page 52

Elizabeth Cardwell took the meat in her two hands, confined before her by slave bracelets and the chain of the sirik, and bending her head, her hair falling forward, ate it. She, a slave, had accepted meat from the hand of Kamchak of the Tuchuks. She belonged to him now. Nomads of Gor, page, 54

 The brand of the Tuchuk slave, incidentally, is not the same as that used in the cities, which for girls is the first letter of the expression Kajirae cursive script, but the sign of the four bosk horns, that of the Tuchuk standard, the brand of the four bosk horns, set in a manner to somewhat resemble the letter H, is only about an inch high. Nomads of Gor, page 62

The Tuchuks, not unlike Goreans in general, are fond of gambling. Indeed it is not unknown that a Tuchuk will bet his entire stock of Bosk on the outcome of a single kailla race; as many as a dozen slave girls may change hands on something as small as the direction that a bird will fly or the number of seeds in a tospit.

Free women, incidentally, among the Wagon Peoples are not permitted to wear silk: it is claimed by those of the Wagons, delightfully I think, that any women who loves the feel of silk of silk on her body is, in the secrecy of her heart and blood, a slave girl, whether or not some Master has yet forced to don the collar. Nomads of Gor, page 58

Waiting Hand: This is a five day period (March 16th-20th) during which doors are painted white, little food is eaten, little is drunk and there is no singing or public rejoicing in the city. Walls and doors are adorned with sprigs and branches from the brak bush to ward off ill-luck in the coming year. On the day of the Vernal equinox, the Ubar or Administrator of the city performs a ritual "greeting of the sun," after which doors are repainted and the brak foliage is removed, beginning a ten day period of general revelry.

"There are twelve twenty-five day Gorean months, incidentally, in most of the calendars of the various  cities. Each month, containing five five-day weeks is separated by a five-day period, called the Passage Hand, from every other month, there being one exception to this, which is that the last month of the year is separated from the first month of the year, which begins with the Vernal Equinox, not only by a Passage Hand, but by another five day period called the Waiting Hand...."  Assassin of Gor, page 78

"On the first day of the Waiting Hand, the last five days of the old year, the portals of Ar, including that of even the House of Cernus, had been painted white, and in many of the low caste homes, sealed with pitch, not to be opened until the first day of En'Kara. Almost all doors, including that of the House of Cernus, had nailed to them some branches of the Brak Bush, the leaves of which, when chewed, have a purgative effect. It is thought that the pitch and the branches of the Brak Bush discourage entry of bad luck into the houses of the citizens. During the days of the Waiting Hand the streets are almost deserted, and in the houses there is much fasting, and little conversation, and no song."  Assassin of Gor, page 211 

walking chains: adjustable chains fastened on the ankles of a slavegirl to train her to walk with the length of stride preferred by her master

"The use of a light walking chain, tethering the ankles, meant to be worn abroad, accompanying the master, incidentally, is not uncommon in the regions of the Tahari. A beautifully measured gait is thought, in the Tahari, to be attractive in a woman."  Tribesmen of Gor, page 45 
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"I paused before a given stall, where light walking chains were being sold. They were strung over racks rather like parrot perches. Without much haggling, I bought one, which seemed to me pretty. They are adjustable, with rings, from a length as small as two inches, for security, to a stride length of about twenty inches. Two keys are provided, each of which fits both ankle-ring locks."  Tribesmen of Gor, page 49 

Walking  position: how a slave approaches or walks behind a master

 "She approached in rapid, small steps, her head down, her hands to the side, slightly extended, palms back."  Magicians of Gor, page 389

Waniyanpi: literal interpretation is 'tame cattle'; also known as Sames; a term within the red savages for collectively owned slaves...slaves that believe males and females are exactly the same: Savages of Gor, page 234

Warriors - Fifth and lowest of the High Castes - This caste includes infantry, tharlarion cavalry, and tarnsmen. They are known to have one of the strictest sets of caste codes in use on Gor. Members of this caste comprise the military branch of Gorean government. Their caste color is Scarlet.

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

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

warrior codes: theses are the rules and ideals that a warrior lives his life by

"The ethical teaching of Gor, which are independent of the claims and propositions of the Initiates, amount to little more than the Caste Codes--collections of sayings whose origins are lost in antiquity. I was specially drilled in the Code of the Warrior Caste." "The Code of the Warrior was, in general, characterized by a rudimentary chivalry, emphasizing loyalty to the Pride Chiefs and the Home Stone. It was harsh, but with a certain gallantry, a sense of honor that I could respect. A man could do worse than live by such a code."  Tarnsman of Gor, page 41

"Could it be that I had, as the Codes of my Caste recommended, not even considered her, but merely regarded her as a rightless animal, no more than a subject beast, an abject instrument to my interests and pleasures, a slave?"   Priest-Kings of Gor, page 48

"I am of the Caste of Warriors, and it is in our codes that the only death fit for a man is that in battle, but I can no longer believe that this is true, for the man I met once on the road to Ko-ro-ba died well, and taught me that all wisdom and truth does not lie in my own codes." Priest-Kings of Gor, page 14

"In the codes of the warriors, there is a saying: 'Be strong, and do as you will. The swords of others will set you your limits.'"  Marauders of Gor, page 10

"Within the circle of each man's sword," say the codes of the warrior, "therein is each man a Ubar." Marauders of Gor, page 10

"Steel is the coinage of the warrior,"say the codes. "With it he purchases what pleases him." Marauders of Gor, page 10

"I would not have thought Sauros of Tyros would have used poisoned steel," I said. Such a device, like the poisoned arrow, was not only against the codes of the warriors, but, generally, was regarded as unworthy of men. Poison was regarded as a woman's weapon." Marauders of Gor, page 18

"'Yield her' he snapped. 'You know the codes,' I said evenly. 'If you want her you must challenge for her and meet me with the weapon of my choice."  Tarnsman of Gor, page 117

"One who has shed your blood, or whose blood you have shed , becomes your sword brother, unless you formally repudiate the blood upon your weapons." Tarnsman of Gor, page 118

"'Do not harm him,' said Kazrak. 'He is my sword brother, Tarl of Bristol.' Kazrak's remark was in accord with the strange warrior codes of Gor, codes which were as natural to him as the air he breathed, and codes which I, in the Chamber of the Council of Ko-ro-ba, had sworn to uphold. One who has shed your blood, or whose blood you have shed, becomes your sword brother, unless you formally repudiate the blood on your weapons. It is part of the kinship of Gorean warriors regardless of what city it is to which they owe their allegiance. It is a matter of caste, an expression of respect for those who share their station and profession, having nothing to do with cities or Home Stones." Tarnsman of Gor, page 119

"'The 97th Aphorism in the Codes I was taught,' I said, 'is in the form of a riddle: 'What is invisible but more beautiful than diamonds?' ' And the answer?' inquired Labienus. 'That which is silent but deafens thunder.' The men regarded one another. 'And what is that?' asked Labienus. 'The same." said I, ' as that which depresses no scale but is weightier than gold.' 'And what is that?' asked Labienus. 'Honor' I said. 'He is of the Warriors,' said a man."  Vagabonds of Gor, page 304

warrior's pace: a slow jog that can be maintained for hours: Outlaw of Gor, page 176

Warrior Societies: societies within the tribes of the Red Savages that have heavy influence over the tribe's decisions; a type of checks and balances system: Savages of Gor, page 260

Washing Booth: similar to showers, these use chemicals to cleanse muls in the Nest of the Priest Kings; they are placed within apartments and about the Nest: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 111

there was a stirring in the water, and I realised the small water lizards of the swamp forest were engaged in their grisly work. Tarnsnan of Gor. page 84

Idly, with repulsion, I watched the body of the tharlarion in the swamp. As the water lizard had fed, the carcass, lightened, had shifted, rolling in the water. Now, in a matter of minutes, the skeleton was visible, picked clean, the bones gleaming except where the small lizards skittered about on them, seeking a last particle of flesh. Tarnsnan of Gor. page 85

weapons: there is only limited technology advance in weapons on Gor

Besides the spear and sword, the crossbow and long bow were permitted, and these later weapons perhaps tended to redistribute the probabilities of survival somewhat more broadly than the former. Tarnsman of Gor, Page 46

Weavers, Caste of: are sub caste of Rug Makers: Mentioned in the books.

"I was pleased to see that the men of other castes and even castes as low as the Peasants, Saddle-Makers, the Weavers, the Goat-Keepers, the Poets, and the Merchants" Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 294-295

weight: a unit of measurement equal to 10 Stone, or 40 Earth pounds

"I have calculated this from the Weight, a Gorean unit of measurement based on the Stone, which is about four Earth pounds. A Weight is ten Stone." Raiders of Gor, page 127

"A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds." Tribesmen of Gor, page 37

Each cylinder, roped to others, weighed in the neighbourhood of ten stone, or some forty pounds, a Gorean “Weight.” Tribesmen of Gor, page 37

wergild: in Torvaldsland, a ransom or bribe. A man who is an outlaw can redeem himself by paying a wergild to the official who sets it. Once paid, he is 'pardoned', no longer an outlaw:

"The wergild must be high," I speculated.
The Forkbeard looked at me, and grinned. "It was set so high," said he, "out of the reach of custom and law, against the protests of the rune-priests and his own men, that none, in his belief, could pay it." 
"And thus," said I, "that your outlawry would remain in effect until you were apprehended or slain?"|
"He hoped to drive me from Torvaldsland," said Ivar.
"He has not succeeded in doing so," I said.
Ivar grinned. "He does not know where I am," said he. "If he did, a hundred ships might enter the inlet."
"How much," asked I, "is the wergild?"
"A hundred stone of gold,'' said Ivar.  Marauders of Gor, page 94

whale, Hunjer: toothed whale hunted by the Red Hunters:

Suddenly, not more than a dozen feet from the boat, driving upward, rearing vertically, surging, expelling, air in the great burst of noise, shedding icy water, in a tangle of lines and blood, burst the towering, cylindrical tonnage of the black Hunjer whale. Beasts of Gor page 258

whale, Karl: four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters:

Sometimes even the toothed Hunjer whale or the common Karl whale, which was a four-fluked, baleen whale.  Beasts of Gor page 36

whale, Baleen : bluish blunt finned whale, hunted by the Red Hunters.

Two weeks ago, some ten or fifteen sleeps ago, by rare fortune, we had managed to harpoon a baleen whale, a bluish, white-spotted blunt fin.  Beasts of Gor page 265

Whip Caress: a method of touching, without warning, a slave girl who is being sold in order to exhibit her slave heat for potential buyers; also known as the Slaver's 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

Whip of the Furs: a method of teaching girls their slavery

.It is regarded as second only to the five-lash Gorean slave whip, used also in the south, and what among the men of Torvaldsland is called the whip of the furs, in which the master, with his body, incontrovertibly teaches the girl her slavery. Marauders of Gor, page 66

Whip Knife: a whip with razors embedded in the tip: 

"“The whip knife is a delicate weapon, and can be used with elegance, with finesse; it is, as far as I know, unique to Port Kar.”   Raiders of Gor, page 6

“. . .coiled at the side of his saddle, in four loops, was a whip knife, of the sort common in Port Kar, a whip, but set into its final eighteen inches, arranged in sets of four, twenty thin, narrow blades; the tips of whip knives differ; some have a double-edged blade of about seven or eight inches at the tip; others have a stunning lead, which fells the victim and permits him, half-conscious, to be cut to pieces at the attacker’s leisure; the whip knife of Menicius, however, held at its tip the double-edged blade, capable of cutting a throat at twelve feet.”  Assassin of Gor, pages 363 

whipping position: a position a slave assume when they are to be punished by the whip

"I crossed my wrists beneath me and touched my head to the floor, exposing the bow of my back. It is the submissive posture of a slave girl who is to be punished. It is called Kneeling to the Whip. I shook, visibly, at his feet. I whimpered. I waited for him to call a guard, to bring the lash" Captive of Gor, page 200

white silk girl: white, in this usage, means less purity and innocence than ignorance and naivete

"Are you white silk?" I asked.
"I am a virgin," she said.
Then you are white silk," I said. Explorers of Gor page 172

""She trembled. I kissed her upon the lips. Her body, that of a white-silk girl, fresh to the 
collar, was terribly frightened."  Hunters of Gor, page 95 

" 'To be sure,' I said, '"white" in the context of "white-silk girl" lends less to suggest purity and innocence to the Gorean than ignorance, naivety, and a lack of experience. One expects a red-silk girl, for example, to not only be able to find her way about the furs, but, subject to the whip, owned and dominated, perhaps chained, to prove herself a sensuous treasure within them." 
Savages of Gor, page 206 

" The buyers were also informed that I was 'glana' or virgin. The correlated term is 'metaglana' used to designate the state to which the glana state looks forward, or that which it is regarded as anticipating. Though the word was not used of me I was also 'profalarina' which term designates the state preceding, and anticipating that of 'falarina' or the state Goreans seem to think of as that of being a full woman, or, at least, as those of Earth might think of it, one who certainly is no longer a virgin. In both terms, 'glana' and 'profalarina' incidentally, it seems that the states they designate are regarded as immature or transitory, state to be succeeded by more fully developed, superior states, those of 'metaglana' or 'falarina.' Among slaves, not free women, these things are sometimes spoken of along the lines as to whether or not the girl has been 'opened' for the uses of men. Other common terms, used generally of slaves, are 'white silk' and 'red silk' for girls who have not yet been opened, or have been opened, for the uses of men, respectively."  Dancer of Gor, page 128

wine, Gorean: There are various types of wines mentioned in the books. They range from red to white and can be served either at room temperature or cold. It is served in a ceramic goblet. Kept in bottles in the cool room beneath the tavern or from the shelves behind the bar.

"The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served..." Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276

"In a Gorean supper in a house of wealth, in the course of the supper, with varied courses, eight to ten wines might be served, each suitably and congruously matched with respect to texture and bouquet not only to one another but to the accompanying portions of food." Fighting Slave of Gor, page 277

"I drained the last sip of the heady wine in the metal goblet." Tarnsman of Gor, page 26

"In a Gorean supper in a house of wealth, in the course of the supper, with varied courses, eight to ten wines might be served, each suitably and congruously matched with respect to texture and bouquet not only to one another but to the accompanying portions of food." Fight Slave of Gor, page 277

"Wine, incidentally, is often mixed with water in Gorean homes. This is primarily because of the potency of many Gorean wines." Guardsman of Gor, page 235

When wine is drunk with Gorean meals, at home, incidentally, it is almost always diluted, mixed with water in a krater. At a party of convivial supper the host, or elected feast master, usually determines the proportions of water to wine. Unmixed wine, of course, may be drunk, for example, at the parties of young men, at which might appear dancers, flute slaves and such. Many Gorean wines, it might be mentioned, if only by way of explanation, are very strong, often having an alcoholic content by volume of forty to fifty percent." Renegades of Gor, page 70

wine, Turian: is  a sweet, syrupy wine made in Turia

"I did not much care for the sweet, syrupy wines of Turia, flavored and sugared to the point where one could almost leave one's fingerprints on their surface." Nomads of Gor, pages 83-84

"One girl held our head back, and others, from goblets, gave us of wines, Turian wine, sweet and thick, Ta wine, from the famed Ta grapes, from the terraces of Cos, wines even, Ka-la-nas, sweets and drys, from distant Ar." Tribesmen of Gor, page 213

wine master presentation: in which the slave offers not only wine to the master, but herself, and her beauty for his consideration…Vagabonds of Gor, page 352

Woodsmen, Caste of: known also as Caste of Carrier's of Wood; individuals in this Caste are usually very large and can frequently be seen carrying burdens of wood; this Caste, with the Caste of Charcoal Makers, provides fuel for the cities

"His stature and burden proclaimed him a member of the Caste of Carriers of Wood, or Woodsmen, that Gorean caste which, with the caste of Charcoal Makers, provides most of the common fuel for the Gorean cities." Outlaw of Gor, page 27

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