Post by Fernear! on Sept 14, 2008 9:40:47 GMT -5
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Newleaf: spring
Greenleaf: summer
Leaf-fall: fall/autumn
Leaf-bare: winter
Sunhigh: noon
Moonhigh: the time of night when the moon is at its highest-- often midnight
One moon: one month [half-moon = two weeks, quarter-moon = one week]
Gatherings: a meeting thatthe Clans hold in peace every full moon
Silverpelt: the Milky Way
Fresh-kill: recently killed prey
Crow-food: rotting food
Whitecough: a mild chest infection
Greencough: severe chest infection, which can be fatal to elders and young kits
Sharing tongues: term used to describe cats grooming each other
Mouse-brained: not very smart
Mouse dung: an insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than fox dung
Fox-dung: an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
Kittypet: a house cat
Rogue: a potentially hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and never spends too long in one place
Loner: cats that live peacefully on their own in one place but dosn't defend its territory
Sun-drown-place: the sea to the west, where the sun sets
Horseplace: fields and stables where half-tamed cats live
Greenleaf Twolegplace: a place where humans visit only in the summer
Halfbridge: a dock
Twolegs: the Clans' word for humans
Twoleg nest: a human house
Twolegplace: a human town
Upwalkers: another word for humans
Nofurs: another word for humans
Housefolk: a house cat's word for its humans
Monster: usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers
Tree-eater: bulldozer
Thunderpath: a road© Erin Hunter