330: Some odd fishes now and then turn up in the market, such asthe Maori-chief, cat-fish, etc. 133: Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale, pig faces; called bythe aborigines by the more elegant name of canagong. Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. or in composition, not alwayseasy to distinguish, the hyphen depending on the fancy of thewriter.
270:[The house was] covered with thick coating of the leaves ofthe nikau (a kind of palm) and tufts of grass. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. bgoblin, of the night or darkness; and this the settlers haveconstrued to mean the Devil!--and of course their own orthodoxone. The aboriginalword is Oompi; the initial h is a Cockney addition, and theword has been given an English look, the appearance of the hutssuggesting the English word hump.
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