<P> Tolkien does not elaborate on Orc culture and customs . Orcs know some form of healing arts (as the Orc - band apply harsh but effective Orkish medicine to Pippin's and Merry's injuries while they are in their captivity). Also their armour, though inferior to that of Elves and Dwarves, is serviceable . Orcs often use poisoned blades (as Aragorn observes while inspecting a wound received by Sam) and arrows (as they use on Isildur). They like to sing horrible songs (as in The Hobbit). The Goblins of the Misty Mountains were a smaller breed of Orc, and invented horrid machines used to torture and kill things . In some texts, Tolkien suggests that after the fall of Morgoth, some of his Orcs set up petty kingdoms of their own . </P> <P> Tolkien indicates that Orcs are "always hungry". Orcs eat all manner of flesh, including men and horses, and there are frequent hints of cannibalism among Orcs . Grishnákh, leader of the Mordor Orcs, accuses Saruman's Uruks of eating Orc - flesh, which they angrily deny . In Cirith Ungol, Gorbag suggests that Frodo (recently poisoned by Shelob) should "go in the pot"; Shagrat indicates that Gorbag could be "for the pot" for making such a suggestion . Shagrat threatens to eat a disobedient orc, and after killing Gorbag he licks his blood from the blade . </P> <P> The Orcs had no language of their own, merely a pidgin of many various languages . However, individual tribes developed dialects that differed so widely that Westron, often with a crude accent, was used as a common language . A few words of the Black Speech are common among Orcs: ghâsh ("fire"), sharkû ("old man", leading to Saruman's nickname "Sharkey"), snaga ("slave"), and Uruk ("orc"). Another Orkish word is tark ("Man of Gondor") from Westron and ultimately Quenya tarkil . </P> <P> When Sauron returned to power in Mordor in the Third Age, Black Speech was used by the captains of his armies and by his servants in Barad - dûr . A substantial sample of debased Black Speech / Orkish can be found in The Two Towers, where a "yellow - fanged" guard Orc of Mordor curses Uglúk of Isengard: </P>

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