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Terminology of the Imperium
SAYYADINA:feminineacolyteintheFremenreligioushierarchy.
SCHLAG:animalnativetoTupileoncehuntedalmosttoextinctionforitsthin,toughhide.
SECONDMOON:thesmallerofthetwosatellitesofArrakis,noteworthyforthekangaroomousefigureinitssurfacemarkings.
SELAMLIK:Imperialaudiencechamber.
SEMUTA:thesecondnarcoticderivative(bycrystalextraction)fromburnedresidueofelaccawood.Theeffect(describedastimeless,sustainedecstasy)iselicitedbycertainatonalvibrationsreferredtoassemutamusic.
SERVOK:clock-setmechanismtoperformsimpletasks;oneofthelimited
“automatic”devicespermittedaftertheButlerianJihad.
SHAH-NAMA:thehalf-legendaryFirstBookoftheZensunniWanderers.
SHAI-HULUD:SandwormofArrakis,the“OldManoftheDesert,”“OldFatherEternity,”and“GrandfatheroftheDesert.”Significantly,thisname,whenreferredtoinacertaintoneorwrittenwithcapitalletters,designatestheearthdeityofFremenhearthsuperstitions.Sandwormsgrowtoenormoussize(specimenslongerthan400metershavebeenseeninthedeepdesert)andlivetogreatageunlessslainbyoneoftheirfellowsordrownedinwater,whichispoisonoustothem.MostofthesandonArrakisiscreditedtosandwormaction.
(SeeLittleMaker.)
SHARI-A:thatpartofthepanopliapropheticuswhichsetsforththesuperstitiousritual.(SeeMissionariaProtectiva.)SHADOUT:well-dipper,aFremenhonorific.
SHAITAN:Satan.
SHIELD,DEFENSIVE:theprotectivefieldproducedbyaHoltzmangenerator.ThisfieldderivesfromPhaseOneofthesuspensor-nullificationeffect.
