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whose secret is considered Stra's greatest treasure. Stra also re-fines
copper, bauxite, iron, and gold, all of which they mine in the rich Yaica
range. Within Stra's gates are Well Frenya, and beneath her, the hide rendi.
stra: That greenish metal refined hi the city of Stra, whose resistance to
corrosion and tensile strength are greater than that of Silistran steel.
tas: The woolly hill grazer whose flesh is most highly prized of all Silistran
meats. Tas graze well on most Silistran forage, the only exception being
climatic a hot tas will not eat. Even in the north it is cus-tomary to shear
tas thrice yearly, that the spring and summer heat not kill them in large
numbers.
tas-skin: Often referred to simply as tas, or tas-suede. The hide of the tas
may be split very thin, and even in splits rivals the durability of leathers
thrice as thick. Tas is often used in clothing or to line coarser leathers.
Tas is recommended for use in any case where softness and pliability are a
main con-cern.
Tasa: (Stothric: be blessed.) The common Silistran fare-well.
tasling: A tas under six years of age.
"Tenist dast-ei': "May your unions be fruitful." Tradi-tional well woman's
greeting to a customer.
"Tenist mist-as": "May your womb bear my fruit." Tradi-tional customer's
response.
thala: The most costly hardwood upon Silistra. Northern thala, the preferred
variety, is black with a blue cast. Southern thala, substantially less
expensive, is black with brown overgrain. It lacks the sheen and depth of
northern thala, but shares its near-imperviousness to weather.
Thrah: Iridescent long-haired pelts from the planet Torth; the animal from
which the Thrah pelt comes is about the same size as a brist and might be
mistaken for one, but for the long, multicolored coat and the fact that the
thrah walks
on all fours and is mute.
threx: The preferred riding beast of Silistra. The threx may range from
fifteen to twenty hands in height, from one to two thousand B.S. pounds. It
prefers meat but can subsist upon almost anything. It is readily domesticated
up to a point, but remains a moderate-ly dangerous animal at all times. Threx
can reach a speed of up to forty neras an enth for short periods, and in
endurance races have been known to make as much as six hundred neras in four
days. Threx are readily trained and often war-trained.. Threx-men are fond of
saying that there is no weapon but man more dangerous than threx. The threx of
the north and the Parset threx, who has two vertebrae fewer than his northern
cousin, are in some other ways dissimilar: the Parset threx has a more
ef-ficient metabolism, nictitating membranes, nostrils that can be closed at
will, and greater strength and stamina than the common Silistran threx.
titrium: A pinkish metal similar to gold but less costly. Titrium is the metal
of the couchbond strand, and the half-well titrium coin. Titrium is a product
of the city Torwin.
Torth: The planet Torth, from which Silistra buys more goods than from all the
other star-worlds combined. Torth sculpture, whether out of metal or stone, or
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in the form of "Torth sculptured hangings" is much sought upon Silistra.
A Torth sculptured hanging is basically a thick-piled tapestry worked upon a
very fine grid with threads woven from the Thrall-hair, and then carved to
various depths, revealing at each level different tones of color.
Torwin: The city Torwin, from which comes titrium. Torwin is sometimes called
the musicians' city. Both players and makers of instruments throng Torwin from
elsewhere on Silistra, to study the aural arts. Torwin, upon the Karir river
delta, has both a sea and river port, and from it ships tropical fruits and
certain crustaceous delicacies north.
tridoe: A Mi'ysten holding or keep.
tun: A starchy, black-skinned tuber with yellow pulp that grows in stony,
sandy, or even poor soil.
web-cloth: A nearly indestructible material made in col-laboration by
web-weavers and webbers, Silistra's largest arachnids.
web-fiber: The web-strands used for ropemaking when optimum strength is
required and the fact that web-fiber rope cannot be cut is no deterrent.
Web-fiber is produced only by training webber-weaver pairs, arid is much less
common than hemp rope.
web-work: Open-weave, diaphanous body dressing, usually geometric in pattern;
more than lace and less than cloth, very similar to the unguided work ' of
webber alone.
Well Arlet: The second most prestigious Well on Silistra lies in the elbow of
the Sabembe range, above the hide bast..
Well Astria: The most venerated Well on Silistra, Astria bears the name of the
Well Foundress Astria Barina diet
Hadrath, author of the Well Woman's Ors (Stothric: book). Astria was the
premier Well, and although different in trappings and style, in substance
every Well upon Silistra is patterned after the Astrian form. Well Astria lies
upon the plain of Astria, fifty-eight neras from hide diet and the
Day-Keepers' School.
well tokens: (gold and silver.) Must be purchased with regular coinage or won
in the pass and set games. Well tokens from one well may not be used in
another, nor are they considered coinage per se. The nondenominational well
token used at Feast of Conception and other ceremonial fetes never leaves the
well, but is collected with great attention and reverence and stored until
fortune dictates they be used again. The same nondenominational tokens have
been used in Well Astria since the Well's founding, were in fact used at that
first well feast.
wind from the abyss: In the Ors Yris-tera (Book of the Weathers of Life),
written by the dharen Khys, is the first known reference to the wind from the
abyss, and it is from this book of divination that the term came into general
usage. Who of Silistra has not at one time or another thrown the bone
yris-tera pieces onto the three level board and found himself delineated as
the "ebvrasea upon the square of overriding purpose'? Says the Ors: "His wings
beat upon the wind from the abyss." And: "Stalking is assiduous; Stalking
culls the weak from the strong; In both the hunters and the hunted does it
perform this function." (Khys, from the divination "Stalking.") In common
usage, the chill of premonition, the physical forewarning of danger that may
not be avoided. "Before Stalking, who can stand but those who also stalk?"
wisper: Wisper tree, a fan-leaved evergreen whose bark is smooth and velvety;
the soft, resinous wood of the wisper tree.
wistwa: The great sea beast of Oguast. It is maintained by Oguasti that two
tall men, one upon the other's shoulders, could stand within the rib cage of
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