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Gorean Dictionary - U

Ua River (noun): a vast river found in the Ukanga Region of the Jungles of Schendi, it winds between Lake Shaba and Lake Ngao. It is navigable, and the splendor of its scenery and the variety of life and resources around it are eloquently described. Ua is an inland word for flower. Its source is Lake Shaba. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 100, 338 and 383)

ubar (noun): war chief (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 42; Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 242)

ubar san (noun, lit. 'one ubar'): war chief chosen to be supreme commander of the four tribes of the Wagon Peoples (Book 3: Nomads of Gor, page 146)

ubara (noun): the Free Companion (consort) of an ubar (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 38)

ubarate (noun): the territory governed by an ubar (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 129)

Ubrates, Village of (noun): A country of coastal villages surrounding Lake Ushindi. The central village is Nyuki.

Ugly Acts (noun): term for heterosexual sex used by the Sames, also known as the Waniyanpi, a collective slave community of the Red Savages. Sex is monitored by their owners and is performed, en masse, on an appointed day, the male and female slaves being hooded and brought to a maize field for breeding. (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 234)

Ukungo, Villages of (noun): They lay on the northern coast of Lake Ngao. It is a country of coastal villages speaking the same or similar dialects inside the Empire of Bila Haruma. The central village is Nyundo.

ul (noun): winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion, found flying over the deltas surrounding Port Kar. This reptile has a 25-foot wingspan and a long, snakelike tail, terminating with a flat spade like structure. Also known as 'winged tharlarion.' (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 1; Book 14: Savages of Gor, page 18; Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 179 and 180)

ulo (noun): woman's knife of the Red Hunters. It has semicircular blade in a wooden handle that is not suitable for carving, but good for cutting meat and sinew. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 262)

umbrella bird (noun): bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

umiak (noun): a type of kayak used by the Red Hunters. It is made of tabuk skin, stretched over a framework of driftwood and long bows of bone and lashed together with sinew cords. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 257)

urt (noun): a small, silken furred rodent akin to the Earth rat; it has three rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 86)

urt, canal (noun): rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar. (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 67)

urt, forest (noun): nocturnal animal living in the forests, hunted by the hook-billed night crying fleer, about the size of a cat (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, pages 117 and 237)

urt, giant (noun): fat, sleek, and white, it has three rows of needle-like white teeth and four horns. (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 86)

urt, gliding (noun): animal living in the canopies of the rainforests inland of Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

urt, ground (noun): a small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

urt hunter (noun): men who attach ropes to the necks of slave girls and swim them in the canals (noted in Port Kar) to attract canal urts. The urts are speared as they rise to the bait. The urt hunters are credited with keeping the urt population of the canals manageable. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 32)

urt, leaf (noun): a small tree dwelling rodent, having four toes, which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi; similar to a tree sloth (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

urt people (noun): the urt people are narrow-shouldered and narrow-chested, measuring only three and a half feet tall when upright with a narrow, elongated face and rather large, ovoid eyes. They have long, thin arms and short, spindly legs along with a bent-over gait; often bringing the knuckles to the ground, and their head moving from side to side. They commonly keep inconspicuously among the large, migratory urt packs, and are capable of incredible stillness and sudden, surprising bursts of movements. They communicate with each through a series of hissing squeals but can learn Gorean. They are rational and can learn quickly; some people keep them as pets. (Book 20: Players of Gor, page 267)

urt, tree (noun): a small tree climbing rodent found in the rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Urt Soldiers (noun): a warrior society of the Yellow Knife tribe of Red Savages (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 314)

use discipline (noun): a punishment which avows the freeman's prerogative to sexually use a house-owned girl as discipline. There are examples that state these rights are governed by a Code, wherein a girl may not be used or disciplined without the permission of her owner. (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 226; Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 174; Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 329-330)

use-master (noun): a master that is given temporary use of a girl by her owner (Book 22: Dancers of Gor, page 207; Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 354)

use-name (noun): a practice, apparently supported by First Knowledge, which is followed by members of lower castes. Their 'real' name is held privately. Their 'use-name' is public knowledge. The belief is that public knowledge of their real name allows someone to have power over them. (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 58 and 107)

Ushindi (phrase): inland word meaning 'Victory' (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100

Ushindi fisher (noun): a tufted water bird of the rainforests. It has long legs for wading and long, white, curling feathers used for headdresses. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 236)