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Outlander series words
A place for me to keep words I found (or found anew) while reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. (Culling my enormous "Learned (or Encountered) in Reading" list.)
gralloch, yeuk, corpse-candle, saprophytic, baldachin, Kermanshah, celandine, tynchal, quaich, mesentery, basidium, dittany and 244 more...
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Ute
Durable items invented by Hom. Sap.
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reesetee That would help. Dec 19, 2009
chained_bear *sigh*
"I coughed. 'Um ... why, precisely, is that desirable?'
His embarrassment faded slightly into shock.
'Why... it... the ... the loss of the male essence is most debilitating. It drains the vitality and exposes a man to all manner of sickness, as well as grossly impairing his mental and spiritual faculties.'"
(585)
Would it help if I were to mention that this scene takes place in the eighteenth century? Dec 18, 2009
thtownse Usually necessity is the mother of invention, so who decided that this was something to make? Dec 18, 2009
reesetee Well. I...
*flees* Dec 17, 2009
uselessness What is the sound of one shuddering? "Uggggggggggggh," maybe. Whatever that sound is, I'm making it now. Uggggggggggggh. Dec 17, 2009
chained_bear No, it's a penis clamp. Here's more:
"The object in question consisted of two concentric circles of metal, the outer one flexible, with overlapping ends, and a sort of key mechanism that enabled it to be tightened. The inner one was sawtoothed—much like a bear trap, as I'd said. Rather obviously, it was meant to be fastened round a limp penis—which would stay in that condition, if it knew what was good for it." (p. 585) Dec 17, 2009
bilby So, is it a bear trap? Dec 17, 2009
chained_bear "'What on earth is that?'
'It is called a jugum penis,' Dr. Rawlings explained to me, his color increasing noticeably.
'It looks like a bear trap. What is it—it can't be a device for performing circumcision, surely?' I picked up the object, which caused Dr. Rawlings to gasp, and I eyed him curiously.
'It—er, please, dear lady...' He almost snatched the thing out of my hands, thrusting it back into his chest.
'What on earth is it for?' I asked, more amused than offended by his reaction. 'Given the name, obviously—'
'It prevents nocturnal ... er ... tumescence.' His face by this time was a dark, unhealthy sort of red, and he wouldn't meet my eye."
—Diana Gabaldon, An Echo in the Bone (New York: Delacorte Press, 2009), 585 Dec 17, 2009