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@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ maud
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Than ever I have been yet!
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[ Maud, And Other Poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson ]
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~amulet of yendor
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~amulet of restful sleep
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*amulet
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amulet of *
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amulet versus *
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"The complete Amulet can keep off all the things that make
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people unhappy -- jealousy, bad temper, pride, disagreeableness,
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greediness, selfishness, laziness. Evil spirits, people called
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@@ -1138,7 +1140,7 @@ diamond
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removes anger and quarrels; it heals the mad; it defends you
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from your enemies. It should be set in gold or silver and worn
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on the left arm. It is likewise found in Arabia.
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[ The Aberdeen Bestiary, translated by Colin McLaren ]
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[ The Aberdeen Bestiary, translated by Colin McLaren ]
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dilithium*
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The most famous and the first to be named of the imaginary
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"minerals" of Star Trek is dilithium. ... Because of this
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@@ -1402,6 +1404,7 @@ electric eel
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water, and earth. Some mystics have postulated the necessity
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for a fifth type, the spirit elemental, but none have ever
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been encountered, at least on this plane of existence.
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~human or elf*
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~elf ??m*
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*elf*
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elvenking
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@@ -1893,8 +1896,10 @@ gold golem
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strength, and they know cunning handiwork by gift of the immortal
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gods.
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[ The Iliad, by Homer ]
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~gold golem
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~flesh golem
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~gold golem
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~straw golem
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~wood golem
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*golem
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"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
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century. Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
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@@ -2271,19 +2276,18 @@ humanoid
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tribal nature, and will fiercely defend their lairs. Usually
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hostile, they may even band together to raid and pillage
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human settlements.
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# takes "human or elf or you" when specifying '@' as a dwarf, gnome, or orc
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human
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chieftain
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guard
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ninja
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nurse
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page
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ronin
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shopkeeper
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student
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thug
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warrior
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*watch*
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player
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human or elf*
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These strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the
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earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but
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occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit
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@@ -2860,8 +2864,10 @@ lichen
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moss was in abundant life, some feathering, and some
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gobleted, and some with fringe of red to it.
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[ Lorna Doone, by R.D. Blackmore ]
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# takes "light" when specifying 'y'
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~* of light
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* light
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light
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Strange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
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lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling
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foes.
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@@ -4708,6 +4714,25 @@ stormbringer
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heard men cry so when his salvation and his nemesis, his
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great black battle-blade Stormbringer, drank their souls.
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[ The Lands Beyond the World, by Michael Moorcock ]
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*strange object
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He walked for some time through a long narrow corridor
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without finding any one and was just going to call out,
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when suddenly in a dark corner between an old cupboard
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and the door he caught sight of a strange object which
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seemed to be alive.
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[ Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky ]
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straw golem
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Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand and gazed thoughtfully
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at the Scarecrow. Its head was a small sack stuffed with
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straw, with eyes, nose, and mouth painted on it to represent
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a face. An old, pointed blue hat, that had belonged to some
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Munchkin, was perched on his head, and the rest of the figure
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was a blue suit of clothes, worn and faded, which had also
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been stuffed with straw. On the feet were some old boots with
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blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the
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figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the
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pole stuck up its back.
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[ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum ]
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susano*o
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The Shinto chthonic and weather god and brother of the sun
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goddess Amaterasu, he was born from the nose of the
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@@ -4768,6 +4793,16 @@ thoth*amon
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Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone;
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A lovely Beauty in a summer grave!
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[ Sonnet, by William Wordsworth ]
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thug
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A worshipper of Kali, who practised _thuggee_, the strangling
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of human victims in the name of the religion. Robbery of the
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victim provided the means of livelihood. They were also
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called _Phansigars_ (Noose operators) from the method employed.
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Vigorous suppression was begun by Lord William Bentinck in
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1828, but the fraternity did not become completely extinct
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for another 50 years or so.
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In common parlance the word is used for any violent "tough".
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[ Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ]
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tiger
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1. A well-known tropical predator (_Felis tigris_): a
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feline. It has a yellowish skin with darker spots or
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@@ -4825,6 +4860,17 @@ titan
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son, Zeus, and he and his fellow titans were ousted from
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Mount Olympus.
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[ Greek Mythology, by Richard Patrick ]
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topaz
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Aluminum silicate mineral with either hydroxyl radicals or
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fluorine, Al2SiO4(F,OH)2, used as a gem. It is commonly
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colorless or some shade of pale yellow to wine-yellow;
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... The stone is transparent with a vitreous luster. It has
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perfect cleavage on the basal pinacoid, but it is nevertheless
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hard and durable. The brilliant cut is commonly used. Topaz
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crystals, which are of the orthorhombic system, occur in highly
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acid igneous rocks, e.g., granites and rhyolites, and in
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metamorphic rocks, e.g., gneisses and schists.
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[ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ]
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touch*stone
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"Gold is tried by a touchstone, men by gold."
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[ Chilon (c. 560 BC) ]
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@@ -4870,6 +4916,7 @@ towel
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[ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,
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by Douglas Adams ]
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*tower
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*tower of darkness
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Towers (_brooding_, _dark_) stand alone in Waste Areas and
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almost always belong to Wizards. All are several stories high,
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round, doorless, virtually windowless, and composed of smooth
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@@ -4950,6 +4997,18 @@ tsurugi
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special process, causing it to never rust. The tsurugi is
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rumored to be so sharp that it can occasionally cut
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opponents in half!
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~*spellbook
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turquoise*
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TUBAL: There came divers of Antonio's creditors in my company
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to Venice that swear he cannot choose but break.
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SHYLOCK: I am very glad of it; I'll plague him, I'll torture
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him; I am glad of it.
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TUBAL: One of them showed me a ring that he had of your
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daughter for a monkey.
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SHYLOCK: Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my
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turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor; I would
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not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
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[ The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare ]
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twoflower
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guide
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"Rincewind!"
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@@ -5083,9 +5142,19 @@ vrock
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damage by biting and by using the claws on both its arms and
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feet.
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wakizashi
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The samurai warrior traditionally wears two swords; the
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wakizashi is the shorter of the two. See also katana.
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wand of *
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A wakizashi was used as a samurai's weapon when the katana
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was unavailable. When entering a building, a samurai would
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leave his katana on a rack near the entrance. However, the
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wakizashi would be worn at all times, and therefore, it made
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a sidearm for the samurai (similar to a soldier's use of a
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pistol). The samurai would have worn it from the time they
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awoke to the time they went to sleep. In earlier periods,
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and especially during times of civil wars, a tanto was worn
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in place of a wakizashi.
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[ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
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# takes "wand or a wall" when specifying '/'
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~*sleep
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wand *
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*wand
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'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
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'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
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@@ -5142,6 +5211,32 @@ water
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Nor any drop to drink.
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[ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor
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Coleridge ]
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water demon
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[ The monkey king ] walked along the bank, around the pond.
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He examined the footprints of the animals that had gone into
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the water, and saw that none came out again! So he realized
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this pond must be possessed by a water demon. He said to the
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80,000 monkeys, "This pond is possessed by a water demon. Do
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not let anybody go into it."
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After a little while, the water demon saw that none of the
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monkeys went into the water to drink. So he rose out of the
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middle of the pond, taking the shape of a frightening monster.
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He had a big blue belly, a white face with bulging green eyes,
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and red claws and feet. He said, "Why are you just sitting
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around? Come into the pond and drink at once!"
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The monkey king said to the horrible monster, "Are you the
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water demon who owns this pond?" "Yes, I am," said he. "Do
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you eat whoever goes into the water?" asked the king. "Yes,
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I do," he answered, "including even birds. I eat them all.
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And when you are forced by your thirst to come into the pond
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and drink, I will enjoy eating you, the biggest monkey, most
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of all!" He grinned, and saliva dripped down his hairy chin.
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[ Buddhist Tales for Young and Old, Vol. 1 ]
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weapon
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A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.
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[ The Vor Game, by Lois McMaster Bujold ]
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web
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Oh what a tangled web we weave,
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When first we practise to deceive!
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@@ -5190,6 +5285,36 @@ wolf
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social animals, wolves live in family groups or packs made
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up of multiple family units. These packs cooperate in hunting
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down prey.
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*wolfsbane
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1. Any of various, usually poisonous perennial herbs of the
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genus Aconitum, having tuberous roots, palmately lobed leaves,
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blue or white flowers with large hoodlike upper sepals, and an
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aggregate of follicles. 2. The dried leaves and roots of
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some of these plants, which yield a poisonous alkaloid that
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was formerly used medicinally. In both senses also called
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monkshood.
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[ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language,
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Fourth Edition. ]
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wood golem
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Come, old broomstick, you are needed,
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Take these rags and wrap them round you!
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Long my orders you have heeded,
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By my wishes now I've bound you.
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Have two legs and stand,
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And a head for you.
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Run, and in your hand
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Hold a bucket too.
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...
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See him, toward the shore he's racing
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There, he's at the stream already,
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Back like lightning he is chasing,
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Pouring water fast and steady.
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Once again he hastens!
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How the water spills,
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How the water basins
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Brimming full he fills!
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[ The Sorcerer's Apprentice, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
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translation by Edwin Zeydel ]
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woodchuck
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The Usenet Oracle requires an answer to this question!
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@@ -5233,13 +5358,18 @@ nazgul
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glowed with a pale light. He sprang forward and bore down
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on Frodo.
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[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
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wumpus
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*wumpus
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The Wumpus, by the way, is not bothered by the hazards since
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he has sucker feet and is too big for a bat to lift. If you
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try to shoot him and miss, there's also a chance that he'll
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up and move himself into another cave, though by nature the
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Wumpus is a sedentary creature.
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[ wump (6) -- "Hunt the Wumpus" ]
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_Wumpus yobgregorii_, in the flesh...
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Later, all you will be able to remember are its eyes. They
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are rich mud-brown, and they hold your own without effort.
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[ Hunter, In Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin ]
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xan
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They sent their friend the mosquito [xan] ahead of them to
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find out what lay ahead. "Since you are the one who sucks
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