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*Agenothree*
A common Chemical on Pern. Flamethrowers us agenothree to create their fire and can be used both a-dragonback and on the ground to sear threads.
*Barracks*
Equivalent to Terran dorms, Barracks are the multi-resident rooms assigned to candidates and apprentices.
*Between*
An area of utter nothingness and cold which dragons use to travel between any two places in no longer than it takes a man to cough three times.
*Black Rock*
Pernese coal, occasionally also called Cromcoal
*Camilid*
a large herd animal similar to a Terran alpaca that produces very fine wool.
*Candlemark*
Pern does make use of terran standard lengths of time, but common diction often calls an hour a "candlemark."
*Day Sisters*
a trio of stars visible from Pern. They always appear in the same area of the sky and never seem to move and are most visible at dawn and dusk. Often called the Dawn Sisters.
*Deadglow*
an insult implying stupidity in the person it is being applied to. Derived from glow. Also, though less severe, Dimglow
*Fellis*
a flowering tree
*Fellis Juice*
a juice made from the fruit of the fellis tree. It is a mild narcotic and induces sleep.
*Fire-Stone*
a phosphine-bearing mineral which dragons chew to produce flame. The rock is digested in the dragon's second stomach and the gas produced ignites when it contacts oxygen.
*Glow*
a light-source which can be carried in a hand-basket. It is the most common light-source on Pern and does have a limited life, but this can be extended by fully covering it.
*Hold*
a place where the common people live; originally they were cut into the mountains and hillsides.
*Impression*
the joining of minds of a dragon and his rider-to-be at the moment of the dragon's hatching.
*Interval*
the period of time between passes, normally about 200 turns.
*Klah*
a hot stimulating drink made of tree bark and tasting faintly of cinnamon, it is used similarly to Terran coffee.
*Looks to*
A phrase meaning "is Impressed by" when speaking of a dragon, wher or flitter.
*Mark*
The pernese unit of currency, Marks are hardwood coins whose value is set annually by a meeting of Mastercrafters and Lords Holder. It comes in denominations of 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 5, and 10, though traders sometimes carry 100 mark coins for making particularly large transactions.
*Month*
four sevendays, there are thirteen in a Pernese Turn. They are named by number, such as, First month, Second month.
*Mosstea*
this herb is packed into wounds to prevent infection or can be infused to make a soothing tea.
*Needlethorn*
Pern's version of needles, these are both easier and harder to come by. They grow readily in Nerat, but during most of the Spring and Summer months are filled with a deadly poison and only become safe even to harvest at the end of Summer.
*Numbweed*
a medicinal cream which, when smeared on wounds, kills all feeling, used as an anesthetic
*Pass*
a period of time during which the Red Star is close enough to drop Thread on Pern
*Pern*
third of Rukbat's five planets. It has two natural satellites, Belior and Timor.
*Red Star*
Pern's stepsister planet, It has an erratic orbit and travels in and out of the Rukbat system.
*Redwort*
a Pernese herb that when steeped and applied to the skin or a wound acts as an antiseptic wash. It leaves a characteristic red stain on the skin.
*Rukbat*
a yellow star in the Sagittarian Sector, Rukbat has five plantes and two asteroid belts.
*Sevenday*
the equivalent of a week on Pern. Days are named by number: Firstday, secondday. Seventhday is usually free from work in Holds, and a lighter workday for nonHolders.
*Thread*
(mycorrhizoid) spores from the Red Star, which descend on Pern and burrow into it, devouring all organic material they encounter. The Dragonriders were establishe in order to fight Thread and stop the spores from reaching the planet surface.
*Turn*
a Pernese year which contains 13 months
*Turnover/Turnsend*
A four day period, two days before the end of a Turn and two days after, which is used for celebration. Many Gathers are hosted, and most people are freed from their work responsibilities for this period of time.
*Watch-wher*
a nocturnal reptile distantly related to dragons. They are often the guardians of holds.
*Weyr*
a home of dragons and their riders. Most often a extinct volcano.
*weyr*
a dragon's den within the Weyr
*Weyrsinger*
the Harper for the Dragonriders, usually a rider him or herself. Currently, Dovan's weyrsinger is likely to be Goldrider Lunara.
*Wherries*
a type of fowl roughly resembling a turkey, but about the size of an Ostrich.
*Withies*
water plants resembling he reeds of Earth.

* Wherry teeth: nonesense; I don't believe you
* That's well dusted: It's nasty or unpleasant
* He was born under the Red Star: someone evil or generally disliked or unlucky
* Bend a tail: defecate
* A hunk of firestone; all gas and ash: a braggart or a blowhard
* Has a dragon's two stomachs: a "hollow leg," endless apetite
* Tail fork first: backward
* Wherry hunt: "wild-goose chase," a fruitless, foolish quest
* Like trying to draw an inside straight in Bitra: an impossibility
* Hatching fire lizards: building castles in the air
* Chew it raw and swallow: accept the inevitable
* A dragon among the wherries: cat among the pidgeons
* Smokeless weyrling: useless (refers to a person or animal)
* Go for a blow: go soak your head; shove off