Apparently the cold cut / luncheon meat of choice in the Callahan household. At least, it appears to be Dairine's favorite, and there are various other references to it in the canon.

A constructed creature, routinely associated with the Lone Power. It is generally assumed that this association means the Lone Power created basilisks itself -- or, more accurately, assembled them; they are not alive in the strict sense of the word, but are more like machines made of organic material.