ounce

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n. used as adj. Yielding anounce of gold to a certain measure of dirt, as a dish-full, acradle-full, a tub-full, etc. Also used to signify the numberof ounces per ton that quartz will produce, as «ounce-stuff,» «three-ounce stuff,» etc.


Out-run, n. a sheep-run at a distance from the Head-station (q.v.).

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. vi. p. 47(1890):

«They'd come off a very far out-run, where they'd been,as one might say, neglected.»

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