Add some new database entries

diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base
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+++ b/dat/data.base
@@ -890,6 +890,12 @@ tiamat
        extremely vain.
 citrine*
        A pale yellow variety of crystalline quartz resembling topaz.
+cleaver
+       Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed,
+       sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic
+       melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled
+       thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.
+               [ The Phoenix on the Sword, by Robert E. Howard ]
 ~elven cloak
 ~oilskin cloak
 *cloak*
@@ -1645,9 +1651,16 @@ fire trap
        _anywhere_?'
                [ The Last Hero, by Terry Pratchett ]
 f* brand
-       One of a pair of legendary swords that possess the powers
-       of elemental flame and ice, and will grant these to whoever
-       is fortunate enough to wield them.
+       Some say the world will end in fire,
+       Some say in ice.
+       From what I’ve tasted of desire
+       I hold with those who favor fire.
+       But if it had to perish twice,
+       I think I know enough of hate
+       To say that for destruction ice
+       Is also great
+       And would suffice.
+               [ Fire and Ice, by Robert Frost ]
 flesh golem
        With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected
        the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark
@@ -3920,6 +3933,17 @@ user
        Might just kill you.
                [ It's a Jungle Out There, by Randy Newman ]
 #                      [ theme song from "Monk" ]
+polymorph trap
+       One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams,
+       he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous
+       verminous bug.  He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he
+       lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided
+       up into rigid bow-like sections.  From this height the blanket,
+       just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in
+       place.  His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the
+       rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.
+               [ The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka,
+                       translated by Ian Johnston ]
 pony
                Hey! now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?
                Up, down, near or far, here, there or yonder?
@@ -4853,6 +4877,11 @@ straw golem
        figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the
        pole stuck up its back.
                [ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum ]
+sunsword
+       What you seek is a blade of light,
+       a weapon for vengeance.
+               [ Expedition to Castle Ravenloft,
+                       by Bruce Cordell and James Wyatt ]
 susano*o
        The Shinto chthonic and weather god and brother of the sun
        goddess Amaterasu, he was born from the nose of the

diff --git a/doc/fixes36.1 b/doc/fixes36.1
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@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ wizard mode #wizintrinsic command
 additional tribute passages for The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic,
        Equal Rites, Snuff, and Raising Steam
 compile-time options SIMPLE_MAIL and SERVER_ADMIN_MSG for public server use
+database entries for Cleaver, Sunsword, Frost and Fire brands, and
+       polymorph trap
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific New Features