From 0c8c38a04c200b8b1e14eafe453e5fd04dae8a46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jwalz Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:28:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] And another batch from --- dat/data.base | 124 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 120 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base index d3eee3284..a18f9b7e8 100644 --- a/dat/data.base +++ b/dat/data.base @@ -2337,6 +2337,29 @@ succubus same demon, one who lies with a human for its own purposes, usually to the detriment of the mortals who are unwise in their dealings with them. +*insect +*insects + A minute invertebrate animal; one of the class _Insecta_. + The true insects or hexapods have the body divided into a + head, a thorax of 3 segments, each of which bears a pair of + legs, and an abdomen of 7 to 11 segments, and in development + usually pass through a metamorphosis. There are usually 2 + pairs of wings, sometimes one pair or none. + [ Webster's Comprehensive International Dictionary + of the English Language ] + + Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow + will I bring the locusts into thy coast: + And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot + be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of + that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, + and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: + And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy + servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither + thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day + that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned + himself, and went out from Pharaoh. + [ Exodus, 10:4-6 ] *iron ball *iron chain "You are fettered, " said Scrooge, trembling. "Tell me why?" @@ -2350,6 +2373,16 @@ succubus heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have laboured on it, since. It is a ponderous chain!" [ A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens ] +iron bars + Stone walls do not a prison make, + Nor iron bars a cage; + Minds innocent and quiet take + That for an hermitage; + If I have freedom in my love, + And in my soul am free, + Angels alone that soar above + Enjoy such liberty. + [ To Althea from Prison, by Richard Lovelace ] ishtar Ishtar (the star of heaven) is the Mesopotamian goddess of fertility and war. She is usually depicted with wings and @@ -2414,6 +2447,16 @@ vorpal* He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. [ Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll ] +jacinth* + Sweet in the rough weather + The voice of the turtle-dove + 'Beautiful altogether + Is my Love. + His Hands are open spread for love + And full of jacinth stones + As the apple-tree among trees of the grove + Is He among the sons.' + [ The Beloved, by May Probyn ] jackal In Asiatic folktale, jackal provides for the lion; he scares up game, which the lion kills and eats, and receives what is @@ -2428,6 +2471,14 @@ jackal Jackal goes around behaving the way he does "because he is Jackal". [ Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore ] +*jack*boot* + A large boot extending over the knee, acting as protective + armour for the leg, worn by troopers in the 17th and 18th + centuries and later. It is still the type of boot worn by + the Household Cavalry and was adopted by fishermen and others + before the advent of gum boots. Figuratively, _to be under the + jack-boot_ is to be controlled by a brutal military regime. + [ Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ] jade* Nothing grew among the ruins of the city. The streets were broken and the walls of the houses had fallen, but there were @@ -2458,6 +2509,16 @@ jubilex he is a slime-like creature who swallows other creatures alive, spits acidic secretions, and causes disease in his victims which can be almost instantly fatal. +k?ration + The K ration was the [ Quartermaster Subsistence Research + and Development Laboratory's ] answer to the demand for an + individual, easy-to-carry ration that could be used in + assault and combat operations. It was noted for compactness + and superior packaging and was acknowledged as the ration + that provided the greatest variety of nutritionally balanced + components within the smallest space. + [ Special Rations for the Armed Forces, 1946-53, + by Franz A. Koehler ] kabuto The kabuto is the helmet worn by the samurai. It was characterized by a prominent beaked front which jutted out over @@ -2673,6 +2734,36 @@ lance evil plight. [ Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miquel de Cervantes Saavedra ] +*lantern + While pretending to be a fancy safety lamp, it is in fact + battery powered. A discreet little switch is marked "on/off" + in elaborate lettering. + [ Adventure 770, by Mike Arnautov ] +lava +* lava + You are on the edge of a breath-taking view. Far below you + is an active volcano, from which great gouts of molten lava + come surging out, cascading back down into the depths. The + glowing rock fills the farthest reaches of the cavern with a + blood-red glare, giving everything an eerie, macabre appearance. + The air is filled with flickering sparks of ash and a heavy + smell of brimstone. The walls are hot to the touch, and the + thundering of the volcano drowns out all other sounds. + Embedded in the jagged roof far overhead are myriad twisted + formations composed of pure white alabaster, which scatter the + murky light into sinister apparitions upon the walls. To one + side is a deep gorge, filled with a bizarre chaos of tortured + rock which seems to have been crafted by the devil himself. + An immense river of fire crashes out from the depths of the + volcano, burns its way through the gorge, and plummets into a + bottomless pit far off to your left. To the right, an immense + geyser of blistering steam erupts continuously from a barren + island in the center of a sulfurous lake, which bubbles + ominously. The far right wall is aflame with an incandescence + of its own, which lends an additional infernal splendor to the + already hellish scene. A dark, forboding passage exits to the + south. + [ Adventure, by Will Crowther and Doug Woods. ] leash They had splendid heads, fine shoulders, strong legs, and straight tails. The spots on their bodies were jet-black and @@ -2703,7 +2794,17 @@ lembas* Men, and it is more pleasant than cram, by all accounts.' [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ] lemure - The lowliest of the inhabitants of hell. +larvae + The Larvae (Lemures) are Roman spirits of deceased family + members. These malignant spirits dwell throughout the house + and frighten the inhabitants. People tried to reconcile or + avert the Larvae with strange ceremonies which took place on + May 9, 11, and 13; this was called the "Feast of the Lemures". + The master of the house usually performed these ceremonies, + either by offering black beans to the spirits or chasing them + away by making a lot of noise. Their counterparts are the + Lares, friendly and beneficent house spirits. + [ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M.F. Lindemans ] leocrotta leu*otta ... the leucrocotta, a wild beast of extraordinary swiftness, @@ -2896,9 +2997,24 @@ magic marker The pen is mightier than the sword. [ Richelieu, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton ] magic mirror of merlin - This powerful mirror was created by Merlin, the druid, in ages - past, when trees sang and rocks danced. It protects all who - carry it from magic missiles, and gives them ESP. + [...] In Dehenbarth (that now South Wales is hight, + What time King Ryence reigned, and dealed right) + The great magician Merlin had devised, + By his deep science, and hell-dreaded might, + A looking-glass, right wondrously aguised, + Whose virtues through the wide world soon were solemnized. + + It virtue had to show in perfect sight + Whatever thing was in the world contained, + Betwixt the lowest earth and heaven's height, + So that it to the looker appertained; + Whatever foe had wrought, or friend had fained, + Therein discovered was, nor aught might pass, + Nor aught in secret from the same remained; +# we'll leave out the part about it being a crystal ball... +# For-thy it round and hollow shaped was, +# Like the world itself, and seemed a world of glass. + [ The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spencer ] mail d*emon It is rumoured that these strange creatures can be harmed by domesticated canines only. -- 2.40.0