Dictionary

Not to be confused with The Dictionary (4th Edition).

First Appearance and Context

Quotations attribute entries to "THE DICTIONARY, 4th edition, A.R. 3000" (see The Dictionary (4th Edition)). Examples include the headwords Avout (vowed scholar), Extramuros (outside the walls), and Newmatter (engineered nuclei materials), which lay out numbered senses and tag them by Orth (learned register) tradition; another example is "Liaison," presented with multiple senses and period labels. The "Newmatter" entry defines such materials and notes, as part of the First Sack (historic purge of maths) reforms, that avout were forbidden to pursue further work on them; it also states that small amounts are still made within the mathic world for bolts, chords, and spheres, and that they see use extramuros.

Additionally, the headword "Calca" is cited with senses that illustrate semantic change across Orth: first denoting chalk or a marking substance, later a calculation (especially tedious or detailed), and in later periods an explanatory note or lesson set apart from the main text in a footnote or appendix.

A further cited entry is "to go Hundred," marked as derogatory slang meaning to lose one’s mind or to stray irredeemably from the path of theorics. The note traces the phrase to the Third Centennial Apert, recounting striking outcomes reported at several Hundreders’ maths (century‑cycle communities) and concluding that such mishaps prompted the creation of the Inquisition and the modern configuration of hierarchs, including Wardens Regulant empowered to inspect and impose discipline across all maths.

Another excerpted entry is "Lineage" (pre‑Cartasian tradition), which distinguishes an extramuros sense of hereditary descent from an intramuros sense denoting a chronological sequence of avout who held property beyond bolt, chord, and sphere and conferred it upon a chosen heir at death; it notes that such Lineages were eliminated as part of the reforms after the Third Sack, and mentions rumors of accumulated wealth in connection with the Baud Iconography, with a "see Dowment" (endowed chapter‑house) pointer.

Newly cited entries include: - "Upsight," defining a sudden, usually unlooked‑for moment of clear understanding. - "Teglon," defining a celebrated tiling problem: to cover a regular decagon using seven distinct tile shapes while observing stated constraints; the entry associates early work with Orithena and notes its later study across Arbre. - "Rebirth," which defines the named turning point dividing the Old Mathic Age from the Praxic Age, usually dated around −500. The entry characterizes it by gates of the maths being thrown open, avout dispersing into the Sæcular world, and a flowering of culture, theorical advancement, and exploration. See Rebirth. - "Convox" (grand convocation), which defines a large gathering of avout from maths and concents (monastic complexes) across the world; normally held only at Millennial Apert (gate‑opening rite) or following a sack (violent suppression of maths), but may also be convened in exceptional circumstances at the request of the Sæcular Power (state authority). See Convox. - "Big Three," which defines a trio of neighboring concents—Saunt Muncoster, Saunt Tredegarh, and Saunt Baritoe—sharing characteristics such as foundation in A.R. 0, relatively large populations, rich endowments, and high status for past achievements. See Big Three. - "Ringing Vale," which defines a mountain valley known for many glacier‑fed rills that make a chiming sound, also called the Rill Vale or the Vale of a Thousand Rills; it also names a math founded there in A.R. 17 noted for work in martial disciplines (with a pointer to "Vale‑lore"). - "Vale‑lore," which in New Orth is an omnibus term covering armed and unarmed martial arts, military history, strategy, and tactics, strongly associated with the avout of Ringing Vale. A usage note adds that in informal speech and in Fluccish the term is sometimes contracted to "vlor," which emphasizes the martial‑arts aspect at the expense of administrative and scholarly facets; extramuros, "Vlor" denotes an entertainment genre and, for some Sæculars who practice, a type of academy. - "Eleven," defining the list of plants forbidden intramuros; the Discipline directs that any specimen found within a math be uprooted and burned without delay, and that the incident be recorded in the Chronicle. The entry attributes the original, shorter list to Saunt Cartas and notes that it has expanded over time as Arbre has been explored and additional species were discovered. - "Tredegarh," defining one of the Big Three concents, named after Lord Tredegarh, a mid-to-late Praxic Age theor credited with fundamental advances in thermodynamics. - "Lorite," defining a member of an Order founded by Saunt Lora; Lorites act as historians of thought who assist other avout by identifying earlier thinkers with similar ideas, discouraging reinvention. See Lorite. - "Everything Killer," defining a weapons system of unusual praxic sophistication, said to have been used to devastating effect in the Terrible Events; the entry notes a widely held but unproved belief that theorical complicity in developing such praxis led to the segregation of theors from the rest of society, a policy that, when implemented, became synonymous with the Reconstitution. See Everything Killer. - "Sphenics," defining a historical school of theors in ancient Ethras, often set in opposition to Thelenes and Protas, and framing them as forerunners of Saunt Proc, the Syntactic Faculties, and the Procians. See Sphenics. - "Rod," marked as military slang for a bombardment method: to drop a dense rod from orbit onto a surface target. The entry specifies that the rod has no moving parts or explosives; its destructiveness follows from extremely high velocity. - "Causal Domain", defining a collection of things mutually linked in a web of cause‑and‑effect relationships. - "Requiem," defining the aut celebrated to mark the death of an avout. - "Harbinger," defining one item in a numbered series of late Praxic Age crises later regarded as precursors or warnings of the Terrible Events. The entry notes record loss and gives the usual sequence: First, widespread violent revolutions; Second, a world war; Third, a genocide. See Harbingers. - "Rhetor," defining a legendary figure associated with Procians, said to have the power of altering the past by manipulating memories and other physical records. See Rhetors.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Serves as an in‑text authority for usage within the Mathic World, distinguishing senses by era and discipline in Orth.
• Notes orthography, abbreviations, or pronunciation where helpful, and occasionally appends historical context or scholarly viewpoints.
• Provides usage notes that may caution against pejorative senses or highlight rhetorical subterfuge, and may point readers beyond lexical scope to institutional authorities.

Relationships

• Cited by avout and narrators as a standard reference; no compiler, editor, or sponsoring order has been identified in the material available so far.
• Individual entries may allude to maths, concents, orders, and historical periods; these are treated as contextual signals rather than ascriptions of authorship.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Citation style appears in uppercase ("THE DICTIONARY") with edition and date (e.g., "4th edition, A.R. 3000").
• Entries are structured as numbered senses across periods of Orth. Selected examples:
• Avout: includes senses for an individual who has sworn to the Cartasian Discipline (foundational rule set), a plurality of such persons, and a community of them (e.g., a math).
• Extramuros: ranges from the literal "outside the walls" to a contrast term for the non‑mathic world (the Sæculum, saecular world), depending on period and context.
• Liaison: multiple senses with period labels, including social rules and later usage notes that distinguish institutional from popular meanings.

Current Status/Location

Known through cited excerpts; the compilers and physical location of the work have not been specified.