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Jake Mix<p>dyad - something that consists of two elements or parts</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autiarch. A strange entity asks if the Autarch was a man, half a mother and father.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>jezail - a simple and often hand made rifle used in South Asia and parts of the Middle East during the 19th century</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian meets a group, strangely dressed soldiers with large eyes and hollow cheeks, carrying rifles taller than them.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>declivity - a downward slope</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian struggles to reach a mysterious house perched atop a cliff.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>culverin - a kind of handgun of the 15th and 16th centuries. Also, a cannon with a long barrel in the 16th and 17th centuries</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian descends into a canyon, where the rushing water drowns out the sounds of warfare above.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>aes - any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in Ancient Rome</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. The Pelerine slave Winnoc tells of how he sold himself to the Order, bringing his payment to his mother before departing on their ship.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>pharmacon - a medicine</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian meets a man at the front wearing a phial around his throat.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/botns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botns</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>orphicleide - a family of conical-bore keyed brass instruments invented in early 19th-century France, it's name meaning "keyed serpent" in Greek</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian hears a deep, long note as heavy cavalry approaches.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/botns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botns</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>graisle - a kind of horn used in battle</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian leaves a battle and sees a fallen ally lying next to his destrier, flag and horn.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TheBookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheBookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/botns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botns</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>acharya - In India, a Hindu or Buddhist preceptor and expert instructor in a subject such as religion</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian seeks to understand the manifestations of the Increate.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TheBookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheBookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>clerestory - the upper part of the nave, choir and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It is clear of the roofs of the aisles and admits light to the central parts of the building.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian writes of his travels from a secluded loft.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DyingEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DyingEarth</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>nacker - a person hired to remove livestock or animals that have died of old age or other causes</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Dead beasts fallen in the Bear Tower's private fights are piled outside the guild's door.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>cincture - a girdle or belt</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian binds a prisoner's hands with the rope of his robe.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>caracara - a bird of prey of the order Falconidae, in the subfamily Polyborinae with the spot-winged falconet</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. A Pelerine priestess describes for Severian the shape and quality of the Claw of the Conciliator.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TheBookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheBookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>narthex - an antechamber, porch, or distinct area at the western entrance of some early Christian churches, separated off by a railing</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian undertakes a task on behalf of the Pelegrines.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>sutler - a person who follows an army and sells them provisions</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian comes to the front of the war.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/botns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botns</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>marge - a margin or edge</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch, book four of The Book of the New Sun. A young man rides towards the sea, reaching it after many days' ride.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>catenary - in mathematics, a curve that describes the shape of a flexible hanging chain or cable. The name derives from the Latin, catenaria ("chain").</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch, book four of The Book of the New Sun series. In a story being told to Severian, a man meets a strange figure on a rope and bamboo bridge.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TheBookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheBookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BotNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BotNS</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>lazaret - a small compartment below the deck in the after end of a vessel, used for stores</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay</span></a> from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian recuperates in a room converted to a makeshift hospital ward as the war rages nearby.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AppendixN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppendixN</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GeneWolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneWolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookOfTheNewSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookOfTheNewSun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/botns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botns</span></a></p>
Jake Mix<p>carnifex - executioner, specifically the public executioner in Ancient Rome; literally "butcher" in Latin</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/appendixnlocutionoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>appendixnlocutionoftheday</span></a> from both Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun series and Harley Stroh's adventure module Jewels of the Carnifex.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/appendixn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>appendixn</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/trrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trrpg</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>osr</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/botns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botns</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/bookofthenewsun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookofthenewsun</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/genewolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genewolfe</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dccrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dccrpg</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dungeoncrawlclassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dungeoncrawlclassics</span></a></p>
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