baldric a belt or girdle, usually of leather and richly ornamented, worn *Wolfe named his deadly flower from the Latin word, associated with [also Avernal - a) infernal b) an inhabitant ofġ599 GREENE Alphon.

A lake in Campania, the poisonous effluvium from which was said autarch an absolute ruler = AUTOCRATġ865: Daily Tel.: 'The great Autarchs of history.' Avern poet. We're in, as I suspect, what was once south Central Asia (though theĬontinents have changed). Probably what he means a craft association. *Wolfe uses the spelling artelos to describe the function ofĬertain buldings in Nessus (when Severian first tours it). HODGKINSON Doubletalk 'A brigade, or artel,Ĭhosen without regard for family connections, undertake particularįunctions-ploughing, reaping, processing, milking, etc.-as and where 'Man.stands alone, theĪrchon of Mammals.' artel in Russia, an association of craftsmen or other workers for work inġ955 H. Nine chief magistrates of the Athenian republicĢ) a ruler or president generally ġ862: DANA Mon.

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