scrub-gum

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• Scrub

  ·noun A worn-out brush. II. Scrub ·noun Something small and mean. III. Scrub ·adj Mean; dirty; con...

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• scrub

  A low mean fellow, employed in all sorts of dirty work. ...

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• scrub

  I. n. country overgrown with thick bushes.Henry Kingsley's explanation (1859), that the word means...

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• Gum

  ·noun A rubber overshoe. II. Gum ·noun ·see Gum tree, below. III. Gum ·vi To exude or from gum; to...

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• gum

  Abusive language. Come, let us have no more of your gum. ...

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• gum

  or Gum-tree n. the popular namefor any tree of the various species of Eucalyptus. The word Gum is ...

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• gum–

  ( In Composition). See gum. 1862. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 134: «I said to myself in the gum-sha...

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• gum

  "Shaking the gum out of a sail" is said of the effect of bad weather on new canvas. ...

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• mallee-scrub

  n. the «scrub,» or thicket,formed by the Mallee (q.v.). 1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i...

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• mulga-scrub

  n. thickets of Mulga-trees. 1864. J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,'p. 190: «For th...

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• scrub-bird

  n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...

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• scrub-cattle

  n. escaped cattle that run wild in the scrub, used as a collective plural of Scrubber (q.v.). 1860...

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• scrub-crab

  n. a Queensland fruit. The largedark purple fruit, two inches in diameter, of Sideroxylonaustrale, ...

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• scrub-dangler

  n. a wild bullock. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvi. p. 193: «He is one of thos...

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• scrub-fowl

  n. name applied to birds of thegenus Megapodius. See megapode. ...

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• scrub-hen

  i.q. scrub-fowl. ...

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• scrub-ironwood

  n. See ironwood. ...

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• scrub-myrtle

  n. See myrtle. ...

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• scrub-oak

  n. See oak. ...

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• scrub-pine

  n. See pine. ...

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• scrub-rider

  n. a man who rides through the scrub in search of Scrub-cattle (q.v.). 1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Li...

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• scrub-robin

  n. the modern name for any birdof the genus Drymodes. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. i...

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• scrub-sandalwood

  n. See sandalwood. ...

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• scrub-tit

  n. See tit. ...

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• scrub-tree

  n. any tree that grows in the scrub. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219: «Almost ...

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• scrub-turkey

  n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey. ...

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• scrub-vine

  n. called also Native Rose. See bauera (q.v.). ...

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• scrub-wren

  n. any little bird of theAustralian genus Sericornis. The species are – – Brown Scrub-Wren – – Seri...

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• Chicle gum

  ·add. ·- A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree (Mimusops globosa) and sometimes also from...

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• Gum ammoniac

  ·noun The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought...

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• Kauri gum

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Kauri copal. ...

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• Macaranga gum

  ·- A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. ...

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• Red-gum

  ·noun A name of rust on grain. ·see <<Rust>>. II. Red-gum ·noun An eruption of red pimples upon the...

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• Wood gum

  ·add. ·- <<Xylan>>. ...

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• apple-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• blue-gum

  n. See under gum. It is anincreasing practice to make a single word of this compound, andto pronoun...

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• box-gum

  See boxI ...

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• cider-gum

  See cider-tree ...

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• gum-tree

  See gum ...

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• gum-sucker

  n. slang for Victorian-born, notnow much used; but it is not always limited to Victorians. 1827. P...

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• kauri-gum

  n. the resin which exudes from the Kauri (q.v.), used in making varnish. 1867. F. Hochstetter, `Ne...

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• manna-gum

  See manna and gum. ...

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• nankeen gum

  See gum. ...

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• orange-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• red gum

  n. 1) A tree. See Gum. Thetwo words are frequently made one with the accent on the firstsyllable; c...

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• scribbly-gum

  n. also called White-Gum, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Sm., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Gum. 1883. F. M. Bailey,...

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• sugar-gum

  n. an Australian Gum, Eucalyptuscorynocalyx of South Australia and North-Western Victoria.The folia...

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• swamp-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• water-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• wattle-gum

  n. the gum exudingfrom the Wattles. 1862. W. Archer, `Products of Tasmania,' p. 41: «Wattle-Gum, ...

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• weeping-gum

  See gum. ...

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• by gum!

  The same as the preceding. It is also noticed by Moor in his Suffolk Glossary. ...

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• scrub-poison-tree

  n. See poison-tree. ...

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• apple-scented gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• lemon-scented gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• poplar-leaved gum

  n. See gum. ...

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