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Austral English Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Austral English novel. A total of 297 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : A Dictionary of Austral English.by Edward Morris.I. ORIGIN OF THE WORK.About a generatio
A Dictionary of Austral English.by Edward Morris.I. ORIGIN OF THE WORK.About a generation ago Mr. Matthew Arnold twitted our nation with the fact that "the journeyman work of literature" was much better done in France--the books of reference, th
- 1 A Dictionary of Austral English.by Edward Morris.I. ORIGIN OF THE WORK.About a generation ago Mr. Matthew Arnold twitted our nation with the fact that "the journeyman work of literature" was much better done in France--the books of reference, th
- 2 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF NAMES Ait. . . . Aiton. Andr. . . . Andrews. B. and L. . Barere and L. Bail. . . . Baillon. Bechst. . . Bechstein. Benth. . . Bentham. Bl. . . . Bleeker. Bodd. . . . Boddaert Bp. ) ) . Bonaparte. Bonap. ) R. Br. . . Robert Brown B
- 3 Poir. . . Poiret. Q. . . . Quoy. Rafll. . . Raffles. Rein. . . . Reinwardt. Reiss. . . Reisseck. Rich. ) ) . Richardson. Richards.) Roxb. . . Roxburgh Sal. . . . Salvadori. Salisb. . . Salisbury. Schau. . . Schauer. Schl. ) ) . Schlechten Schlecht.) Selb.
- 4 The word has disappeared with the need for it.1837. Jas. Mudie, `Felonry of New South Wales,' p. vii.: "The ludicrous and affected philanthropy of the present Governor of the Colony, in advertising runaway convicts under the soft and gentle name
- 5 1847. `Condensed Account of Sturt's Exploration in the Interior of Australia--Journal of the Royal Geographical Society,' p. 87: "Captain Sturt proposed sending in advance to ascertain the state of the Ana branch of the Darling, discovered
- 6 Oak A.-- Cones of Casuarina stricta, Ait.Rose A.-- Owenia cerasifera, F. v. M.1820. John Oxley, `Journal of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales,' p. 187: "The blue gum trees in the neighbourhood were extremely fine, whilst that
- 7 Crow's A.-- Flindersia australis, R. Br., N.O. Meliaceae.Elderberry A. (of Victoria)-- Panax sambucifolius, Sieb., N.O. Araliaceae.Illawarra A.-- Elaeocarpus kirtonia, F. v. M., N.O. Tiliaceae.Moreton Bay A.-- Eucalyptus tessellaris, Hook., N.O. Myrt
- 8 1879. J. B. O'Hara, `Songs of the South,' p. 127: "What though no weird and legendary lore Invests our young, our golden Austral sh.o.r.e With that romance the poet loves too well, When Inspiration breathes her magic spell."1894. Ernes
- 9 Ibid. p. 314: "Terra Australis incognita. ..and yet in likelihood it may be so, for without all question, it being extended from the tropic of Capricorn to the circle Antarctic, and lying as it doth in the temperate zone, cannot choose but yield in t
- 10 "Axe-breaker. Wood hard, close-grained and firm. Its vernacular name emphasizes its hardness."B Baal, or Bail, interj. and adv."An aboriginal expression of disapproval." (Gilbert Parker, Glossary to `Round the Compa.s.s in Australia,&#
- 11 1875. `Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania,'September, p. 99 [`Port Davey in 1875,' by the Hon. James Reid Scott, M.L.C.]: "The dwellings occupied by the piners when up the river are of the style known as `Badger-boxes,' in di
- 12 1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' p. 340: "Thus we have here [W. Australia] alone the curious little banded ant-eater (Myrmecobius fasciatus), which presents the nearest approach in its dent.i.tion to the most ancient known mammals whose remai
- 13 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 592: "Bangalow... . The small stems sometimes go under the name of `Moreton Bay Canes.' It is a very ornamental, feathery-leaved palm."Bang-tail muster. See quotation.1887. W. S. S. Tyrwhi
- 14 1892. J. Fraser, `Aborigines of New South Wales,' p. 70: "The `come-back' variety (of boomerang) is not a fighting weapon. A dialect name for it is bargan, which word may be explained in our language to mean `bent like a sickle or crescent
- 15 "Bauera rubiaefolia. Madder leaved Bauera. A pretty little plant with pink flowers. This genus is named after the celebrated German draughtsman, whose splendid works are yet unrivalled in the art, especially of the Australian plants which he depicted
- 16 (2) With various epithets the name is also used as follows-- Evergreen Beech-- f.a.gus cunninghamii, Hook, N.O. Cupuliferae, called also Myrtle and Negro-head Beech.Flindosy B.-- Flindersia schottiana, F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae, called also Ash and Stave-w
- 17 "They seemed to be covered with cypresses and beef-wood."1846. C. Holtzapffel, `Turning,' vol. i. p. 74: "Beef wood. Red-coloured woods are sometimes thus named, but it is generally applied to the Botany-Bay oak."1852. G. C. Munda
- 18 1886. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 8: "And softer than slumber and sweeter than singing, The notes of the bell-bird are running and ringing."1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 85: "Anthornis melanura. Chatham Isl
- 19 "Abundance of that which the men commonly called bream (Cernua bidyana), a very coa.r.s.e but firm fish, which makes a groaning noise when taken out of the water."Big-head, n. a fish. The name is used locally for various fishes; in Australia it
- 20 Sapindaceae.1853. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 125: "White-birch of Nelson and Otago (from colour of bark), Black-heart Birch of Wellington, f.a.gus solandri, Hook, a lofty, beautiful ever-green tree, 100 feet high. Black-birch (Tawh
- 21 "These trees, called blackboys by the colonists, from the resemblance they bear in the distance to natives."1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 92: "Gas admirably fitted for domestic purposes had been extracted
- 22 "The old colonists still repeat the most terrible stories of Black Thursday, when the whole country seemed to be on fire.The flames leaped from tree to tree, across creeks, hills, and gullies, and swept everything away. Teams of bullocks in the yoke,
- 23 Blind Shark, or Sand Shark, n. i.q. Shovel-nose (q.v.).1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods `Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales, p. 97: "Rhin.o.batus granulatus or shovel-nose, which is properly speaking a Ray, is called here the blind or sand shark, th
- 24 1890. `The Argus,' September 20, p. 13, col. 7: "The shearers must make their clip clean and thorough. If it be done so incompetently that a `second blow' is needed, the fleece is hacked."Blow,/2/ n. braggadocio, boasting.1890. Lyth, `
- 25 "The basalt or `bluestone,' which is well adapted to structural purposes, and generally obtains where durability is desired."1883. J. Hector, `Handbook to New Zealand,' p. 62: "Basalts, locally called `bluestones,' occur of a
- 26 "b.o.o.byalla bushes lay within the dash of the ceaseless spray."1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 359: "b.o.o.byalla ... an excellent tree for binding coast-sands."1894. `Melbourne Museum Catalogue, Economic Woods,&#
- 27 1849. J. P. Townsend, `Rambles in New South Wales,' p. 39: "This instrument, called a bommereng, is made of wood, and is much like the blade of a scimitar. I believe it has been introduced into England as a plaything for children."1850. J.
- 28 "A warrior in great excitement just before Borboby commences."Boree, n. aboriginal name for the tree Acacia pendula, A. Cunn., N.O. Leguminosae; a variety of Myall, probably from Queensland aboriginal word Booreah, fire. It would be preferred by
- 29 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 359: "Red Bottle-brush. The flowers of some species of Callistemon are like bottle-brushes in shape."Bottle-Gourd, n. an Australian plant, Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser., N.O. Cucurbitaceae.1889. J.
- 30 Box, Box-tree, Box-gum, n. The name is applied to many Eucalypts, and to a few trees of the genus Tristania, as given below, all of the N.O. Myrtaceae, chiefly from the qualities of their timber, which more or less resembles "Boxwood." Most of t
- 31 "At nightfall, the fifteen flocks of sheep were all brought in, and `boxed,' or mixed together, to Ernest's astonishment."1890. Tasma, `In her Earliest Youth,' p. 166: "He must keep tally when the sheep are being counted or d
- 32 [Here again its dust is noted as the distinguis.h.i.+ng feature of the wind, just as sand is the distinguis.h.i.+ng feature of the `sirocco' in the Libyan Desert, and precipitated sand,--`blood rain' or `red snow,'--a chief character of the
- 33 1892. Gilbert Parker, `Round the Compa.s.s in Australia,' p. 23: "The glare of a hard and pitiless sky overhead, the infinite vista of saltbush, brigalow, stay-a-while, and mulga, the creeks only stretches of stone, and no shelter from the shade
- 34 "Roast mutton and brownie are given us to eat."Brumby, Broombie (spelling various), n. a wild horse. The origin of this word is very doubtful. Some claim for it an aboriginal, and some an English source. In its present shape it figures in one ab
- 35 Brush-Turpentine, n. another name for the tree Syncarpia leptopetala, F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae, called also Myrtle (q.v.).Bubrush, n. See Wonga and Raupo.Buck, v. Used "intransitively of a horse, to leap vertically from the ground, drawing the feet t
- 36 Budgerigar, or Betcherrygah, n.aboriginal name for the bird called by Gould the Warbling Gra.s.s-parrakeet; called also Sh.e.l.l-parrot and Zebra- Gra.s.s-parrakeet. In the Port Jackson dialect budgeri, or boodgeri, means good, excellent. In `Collins'
- 37 Bull-Oak, n. See Oak.Bullocky, n. and adj. a bullockdriver."In the bush all the heavy hauling is done with bullock-drays.It is quite a common sight up the country to see teams of a dozen and upwards." (B. and L.) 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial
- 38 Bunya-Bunya, n. aboriginal word. [Bunyi at heads of Burnett, Mary, and Brisbane rivers, Queensland; baanya, on the Darling Downs.] An Australian tree, Araucaria bidwillii, Hooker, with fruit somewhat like Bertholletia excelsa, N.O. Coniferae.Widgi-Widgi s
- 39 Burramundi, or Barramunda, n. a fresh-water fish, Osteoglossum leichhardtii, Guenth., family Osteoglossidae, found in the Dawson and Fitzroy Rivers, Queensland. The name is also incorrectly applied by the colonists to the large tidal perch of the Fitzroy
- 40 "Almost the whole of New South Wales is covered with bush.It is not the bush as known in New Zealand. It is rather a park-like expanse, where the trees stand widely apart, and where there is gra.s.s on the soil between them."Bush, adj. or in com
- 41 1880. J. Mathew, song, `The Bushman:'"How weary, how dreary the stillness must be!But oh! the lone bushman is dreaming of me."1886. Frank Cowan: `Australia; a Charcoal Sketch': "The bushman ... Gunyah, his bark hovel; Damper, his
- 42 "A hint dropped in this town set the bush telegraphs riding in all directions."Bushwoman, n. See quotation.1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, p. 707, col. 1: "But who has championed the cause of the woman of the bush-- or, would it be
- 43 b.u.t.tercup, n. The familiar English flower is represented in Australia and Tasmania by various species of Ranunculus, such as R. lappaceus, Sm., N.O. Ranunculaceae.b.u.t.ter-fish, n. a name given in Australia to Oligorus mitch.e.l.lii, Castln. (see Murr
- 44 1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes `(edition 1855), p. 17: "There are to be found round the doors of the Sydney Theatre a sort of `loafers' known as the Cabbage-tree mob,--a cla.s.s who, in the spirit of the ancient tyrant, one might excusably wi
- 45 1886. C. H. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 207: "At punching oxen you may guess There's nothing out can camp him.He has, in fact, the slouch and dress, Which bullock-driver stamp him."Camphor-wood, n. an Australian timber; the wood of Callitris
- 46 Carpet-Snake, n. a large Australian snake with a variegated skin, Python variegata, Gray. In Whitworth's `Anglo-Indian Dictionary,' 1885 (s.v.), we are told that the name is loosely applied (sc. in India) to any kind of snake found in a dwelling
- 47 1888. D.Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 36: "One of the most peculiar of birds' eggs found about the Murray is that of the locally-termed `cat-bird,' the sh.e.l.l of which is veined thickly with dark thin threads as though covered with a s
- 48 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 127: "Called `caustic-creeper' in Queensland. Called `milk-plant'and `pox-plant' about Bourke. This weed is unquestionably poisonous to sheep, and has recently (Oct. 1887) been report
- 49 "We also ate the Australian cherry, which has its stone, not on the outside, enclosing the fruit, as the usual phrase would indicate, but on the end with the fruit behind it. The stone is only about the size of a sweet-pea, and the fruit only about t
- 50 "It's our way up here, you know, to chi-ak each other and our visitors too."Cicada, n. an insect. See Locust.1895. G. Metcalfe, `Australian Zoology,' p. 62: "The Cicada is often erroneously called a locust... . It is remarkable fo
- 51 `From its abundance in the neighbourhood of Menindie, it is often called Menindie-clover.' It is the `Australian shamrock'of Mitch.e.l.l. This perennial, fragrant, clover-like plant is a good pasture herb."Clover-Tree, n. a Tasmanian tree,
- 52 Cobbra, n. aboriginal word for head, skull.[Kabura or Kobbera, with such variations as Kobra, Kobbera, Kappara, Kopul, from Malay Kapala, head: one of the words on the East Coast manifestly of Malay origin.--J. Mathew. Much used in pigeon converse with bl
- 53 "It may possibly have been a term of reproach applied to the industrious farmer, who settled or perched on the resumed portions of a squatter's run, so much to the latter's rage and disgust that he contemptuously likened the farmer to the w
- 54 "May it remain nailed to the mast until these colonies are emanc.i.p.ated from convictism."1864. `Realm,' Feb. 24, p.4 (`O.E.D.'): "No one who has not lived in Australia can appreciate the profound hatred of convictism that obtain
- 55 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition, p. 115: "Brown cooyed to him, and by a sign requested him to wait for us."1847. J. D. Lang, `Phillipsland,' p. 85 [Footnote]: "Cooey is the aboriginal mode of calling out to any person at a di
- 56 Cordage-tree, n. name given in Tasmania to a Kurrajong (q.v.). The name Sida pulch.e.l.la has been superseded by Plagianthus sidoides, Hook.1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 108: "Sida pulch.e.l.la. Handsome Sida. Currijong or cordage tree
- 57 "With several corrobery or harlequin steps."1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. ii. c. iii. p. 55: "They hold their corrobbores (midnight ceremonies)."1836. C. Darwin, `Journal of the Voyage of the Beagle' (ed. 1882),
- 58 1888. Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. 242: "The boy raises the most awful corroboree of screams and howls, enough for a whole gang of bushrangers, if they went in for that sort of thing."1897. `The Herald,' Feb. 15, p. i, col
- 59 1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,' p. 346: "The karaka-tree of New Zealand (Corynocarpus laevigata), also called kopi by the natives, and cow-tree by Europeans (from that animal being partial to its leaves), grows luxuriantly in Syd
- 60 1848. Ibid. pl. 58: "Herodias Immaculata, Gould [later melanopus], Spotless Egret, White Crane of the colonists."1890. `Victorian Consolidated Statutes, Game Act,' 3rd Schedule: "[Close Season.] All Birds known as Cranes such as Herons
- 61 1854. `Bendigo Advertiser,' quoted in `Melbourne Morning Herald,' May 29: "A Londoner reading of the crossing of a creek would naturally imagine the scene to be in the immediate neighbourhood of the coast, instead of being perhaps some hund
- 62 In New Zealand, the name is applied to Eudynamis taitensis (sc. of Tahiti) Sparm., the Long-tailed Cuckoo; and to Chrysococcyx lucidus, Gmel., the s.h.i.+ning Cuckoo.The name Cuckoo has sometimes been applied to the Mopoke (q.v.) and to the b.o.o.book (q.
- 63 p.5: "Much of this paper-money is of the most trifling description.To this is often added `payable in dollars at 5s. each.' Some ... make them payable in Colonial currency."[p. 69, note]: "25s. currency is about equal to a sovereign.&q
- 64 Dacelo, n. Name given by "W. E. Leach, 1816.An anagram or transposition of Lat. Alcedo, a Kingfisher." (`Century.') Scientific name for the Jacka.s.s (q.v.).Dactylopsila, n. the scientific name of the Australian genus of the Striped Phalang
- 65 1890. `The Argus,' Aug. 9, p. 4, col. 2: "When I told them of my `dart,' some were contemptuous, others incredulous."1892. Rolf Boldrewood, `Nevermore,' p. 22: "Your only dart is to buy a staunch horse with a tip-cart."(
- 66 Ibid. Jan. 3, p. 6, col. 6: "With respect to `dervener,' the word was in use while the blue s.h.i.+rt race existed [sc. convicts], and these people did not become extinct until after 1860.--Cymro-Victoria."Derwenter, n. a released convict f
- 67 "Digger's Delight, Veronica perfoliata, N.O. Scrophularineae. A pretty, blue-flowering shrub, with smooth stem-clasping leaves; found in the mountainous districts of Victoria and New South Wales, and deriving its common name from a supposition t
- 68 "Jungo---Beasts, common name.Tein-go---Din-go.Wor-re-gal---Dog."1820. W. C. Wentworth, `Description of New South Wales,' p. 62: "The native dog also, which is a species of the wolf, was proved to be fully equal in this respect [sport]
- 69 1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 17: "I have obtained good dish prospects after crudely crus.h.i.+ng up the quartz."Dishwasher, n. an old English bird-name for the Water-Wagtail; applied in Australia to Seisura inquieta, Lath., the Restle
- 70 Dottrel, n. formerly Dotterel, common English bird-name, applied in Australia to Charadrius australis, Gould.Black-fronted Dottrel-- Charadrius nigrifrons, Temm.Double-banded D.-- C. bicincta, Jord. and Selb.Hooded D.-- C. monacha, Geoff.Large Sand D.-- C
- 71 Drafter, n. a man engaged in drafting cattle.1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xviii. p. 227: "They behave better, though all the while keeping the drafters incessantly popping at the fence by truculent charges."Drafting-gate,
- 72 Musk D. (q.v.)-- Biziura lobata, Shaw.Pink-eared D., or Widgeon (q.v.)-- Malacorhynchus membranaceus, Lath.Plumed Whistling D.-- Dendrocygna eytoni, Gould.Whistling D.-- D. vagans, Eyton. [Each species of the Dendrocygna called also by sportsmen Tree-duck
- 73 Duffer, n. a cattle stealer, i.q. Cattle-duffer (q.v.).1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xxv. p. 352: "What's a little money ... if your children grow up duffers and planters?"Duffer2, n. a claim on a mine which turns out
- 74 1876. `The Argus,' Jan. 26, p. 6, col. 6: "Mr. Bent thought that a stop should be put to all selection and dummyism till a land law was introduced."1887. J. F. Hogan, `The Irish in Australia, p. 98: "This baneful and illegal system of
- 75 Whistling E.-- Haliaetus sphenurus, Vieill.White-bellied Sea E.-- H. leucogaster, Gmel.White-headed Sea E.-- Haliaster girrenera, Vieill.Eaglehawk, n. an Australian name for the bird Uroaetus, or Aquila audax, Lath. The name was applied to the bird by the
- 76 Black Eel-- Anguilla australis, Richards.Conger E.-- Conger vulgaris, Cuv.Sand E.-- Gonorynchus grayi, Richards.Serpent E.-- Ophichthys serpens, Linn.Silver E.-- Congromuroena habenata, Richards.Tuna E.-- Anguilla aucklandii, Richards.The Sand Eel does no
- 77 1804. `Rev. R. Knopwood's Diary' (J. J. s.h.i.+llinglaw-- `Historical Records of Port Phillip,' 1879), p. 115: [At the Derwent] 26 March, 1804--"They caught six young emews [sic], about the size of a turkey, and shot the old mother.&qu
- 78 1880. `Melbourne Argus,' July 22, p. 2, col. 3 (`O.E.D.'): "The ten New Caledonia escapees ... are to be handed over to the French consul."Eucalyn, n. a sugar obtained, together with laevulose, by fermentation of melitose (q.v.) with y
- 79 "The convict system ceased in New South Wales in 1839; but `exiles' as they were termed, i.e. men who had pa.s.sed their probation at home, were forwarded till 1843."Expiree, n. a convict whose term of sentence had expired.1852. G. C. Mundy
- 80 "Boiled salt junk, with fat-hen (a kind of indigenous spinach)."1889. J. M. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 16: "Chenopodium murale, Linn., Australian spinach.Bentham considers this may have been introduced."Felonry, n. See quo
- 81 1885. A. Hamilton, `Native Birds of Petane, Hawke's Bay': "Fern-bird. The peculiar chirp of this lively little bird is yet to be heard among the tall fern, though it is not so plentiful as in days gone by."1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of
- 82 File-fish, n. name given in New Zealand to the fish Monacanthus rudis, Richards, family Sclerodermi; in New South Wales to species of the genus Balistes. The first of the spines of the dorsal fin is roughened in front like a file. Balistes maculatus is th
- 83 "There are flame-trees showing in spring vivid patches of crimson."Flannel Flower, n. an Australian flower, Actinotus helianthi, Labill., N.O. Compositae. It ranges from Gippsland to Southern Queensland, but is particularly abundant in New South
- 84 Flax-lily, n. (1) An Australian fibre plant, Dianella laevis, var. aspera, R. Br., N.O. Liliaceae. (2) Phormium tenax. See Flax, New Zealand.1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 621: "Flax-lily. The fibre is strong, and of a silky text
- 85 "[The habits and habitats of the genus as] applied to Gerygone suggested the term Fly-eater, as distinguished from Fly-catcher, for this aberrant and peculiarly Australasian form of small Fly-catchers, which not only capture their food somewhat after
- 86 [Footnote]: "The marsupial flying phalanger is so called by the Australians."Fly-Orchis, n. name applied in Tasmania to the orchid, Prasophyllum patens, R. Br.Forest, n. See quotation.1839. T. L. Mitch.e.l.l, `Three Expeditions into the Interior
- 87 1870. S. Lemaitre, `Songs of Goldfields,' p. 14: "He ran from the flat with an awful shout Without waiting to fossick the coffin lid out."1890. `The Argus,' Aug. 2, p. 4, col. 3: "Half the time was spent in fossicking for sticks.&
- 88 "A public meeting of non-resident selectors has been held at Rushworth."1884. Marcus Clarke, `Memorial Volume,' p. 85: "A burly free selector pitched his tent in my Home-Station paddock and turned my dam into a wash."1890. Rolf Bo
- 89 In Australia it is a.s.signed to the following birds:-- Allied Fruit-Pigeon-- Ptilinopus a.s.similis, Gould.Purple-breasted F.-P.-- P. magnifica, Temm.Purple-crowned F.-P.-- P. superbus, Temm.Red-crowned F.-P.-- P. swainsonii, Gould. Rose-crowned F.-P.--
- 90 1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. i. Intro.p. x.x.xviii: "Upon the branches the satin-bird, the gangan, and various kinds of pigeons were feeding."1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 14: "Callocephalon Galea
- 91 Used both of loose stones and of rocks. The G is hard.1834. L. E. Threlkeld, `Australian Grammar,' p. x. [In a list of `barbarisms']: "Gibber, a stone."[Pace Mr. Threlkeld, the word is aboriginal, though not of the dialect of the Hunte
- 92 "A gin (the aboriginal for a married woman)."1846. C. P. Hodgson, `Reminiscences of Australia,' p. 367: "Gin, the term applied to the native female blacks; not from any attachment to the spirit of that name, but from some (to me) unkno
- 93 "I remember nothing but a rather curiously shaped gowai-tree."Goanna, Guana, and Guano, n. popular corruptions for Iguana, the large Lace-lizard (q.v.), Vara.n.u.s varius, Shaw. In New Zealand, the word Guano is applied to the lizard-like reptil
- 94 1852. G. S. Rutter [t.i.tle]: "Hints to Gold-hunters."1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. v. p. 48: "I was not as one of the reckless gold-hunters with which the camp was thronged."Gold-mining, verbal n. 1852. J. A.Phi
- 95 Gooseberry-tree, Little, n. name given to the Australian tree Buchanania mangoides, F. v. M., N.O.Anacardiaceae.1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition, p. 479: "My companions had, for several days past, gathered the unripe fruits of Coniogeton arb
- 96 7. Bent G.--Alpine-- Agrostis muellerii, Benth. (A., N.Z., not endemic.) Deyeuxia setifolia, Hook. f. (N.Z.) 8. Bent G.--Australian-- Deyeuxia scabra, Benth. (A., T., N.Z.) 9. Bent G.--Billardiere's-- D. billardierii, R. Br. (A., T., N.Z.) 10. Bent G
- 97 56. Oat G.--Alpine-- Danthonia semi-annularis, R. Br., var. alpina.(N.Z.) 57. Oat G.--Buchanan's-- D. buchanii; Hook. f. (N.Z.) 58. Oat G.--Few-flowered-- D. pauciflora, R. Br. (A., T., N.Z.) 59. Oat G.--Hard-- D. pilosa, R. Br., var. stricta. (N.Z.)
- 98 105. Sacred G.-- Hierochloe redolens, R. Br. (Australasia, not endemic.) Called also Scented Gra.s.s, and Sweet-scented Gra.s.s.106. Scented G.-- Chrysopogon parviforus, Benth. (A.) See also 105.107. Seaside Brome G.-- (i.q. Brome Gra.s.s. See 21.) 108. S
- 99 Warbling Gra.s.s-P.-- Gould's name for Budgerigar (q.v.).See also Rock-Parrakeet (Euphema petrophila, Gould), which is sometimes cla.s.sed as a Gra.s.s-Parrakeet.Gra.s.s-tree, n. (2) The name applied to trees of the genus Xanthorrhoea, N.O. Liliaceae, of
- 100 1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 27: "Drivers, who walked beside their teams carrying over their shoulders a long-handled whip with thong of raw salted hide, called in the colony `greenhide.'"Greenie, n. a school-boys' name fo