Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 33 | The dragons of Torvaldsland are clinker-built. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 30 | In View more quotes about gorean">Gorean, as in many languages, the same word serves for an enemy and a stranger. |
| 30 | 31 | To be sure, not all strangers are enemies, and not all enemies, perhaps unfortunately, are strangers. |
| 30 | 32 | I noted that the ship was carvel-built, with fitted planking, as opposed to being clinker-built, or with overlapping planking. |
| 30 | 33 | The dragons of Torvaldsland are clinker-built. |
| 30 | 34 | In this respect they ship more water, but they are more elastic in rough seas, and thus less likely to break apart. |
| 30 | 35 | "As you will note, in the frame," said Aëtius, "the keel is unusually deep". |
| 30 | 36 | "The ship is large," I said. |
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In Gorean, as in many languages, the same word serves for an enemy and a stranger.
To be sure, not all strangers are enemies, and not all enemies, perhaps unfortunately, are strangers.
I noted that the ship was carvel-built, with fitted planking, as opposed to being clinker-built, or with overlapping planking.
The dragons of Torvaldsland are clinker-built.
In this respect they ship more water, but they are more elastic in rough seas, and thus less likely to break apart.
"As you will note, in the frame," said Aëtius, "the keel is unusually deep".
"The ship is large," I said.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)