wattle-bark

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• Wattle

  ·noun Barbel of a fish. II. Wattle ·vt To bind with twigs. III. Wattle ·noun A rod laid on a roof ...

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• wattle

  n. The name is given to very many ofthe various species of Acacia (q.v.), of which thereare about 3...

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• Bark

  ·vt To girdle. ·see <<Girdle>>, ·vt, 3. II. Bark ·noun ·Alt. of <<Barque>>. III. Bark ·vi To make ...

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• bark

  a box for receiving the ends or pieces of candles. N. ...

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• bark

  I. The exterior covering of vegetable bodies, many of which are useful in making paper, cordage, c...

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• golden-wattle

  n. See wattle. 1896. `The Argus,' July 20, p. 5, col. 8: «Many persons who had been lured into ga...

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• hickory-wattle

  n. a Queensland name for Acacia aulacocarpa, Cunn., N.O. Leguminosae;called Hickory about Brisbane....

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• prickly wattle

  n. See wattle. ...

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• wattle-bird

  n. an Australian bird, so calledfrom the wattles or fleshy appendages hanging to his ear. Inthe Yel...

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• wattle-gold

  n. poetic name for the blossomof the Wattle. 1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush Ballads, Dedn., p. 9: «In ...

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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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• Angostura bark

  ·- An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cuspa...

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• Angustura bark

  ·- ·see Angostura bark. ...

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• Bark beetle

  ·- A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in t...

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• Bark louse

  ·- An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines. ...

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• Calisaya bark

  ·- A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related s...

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• Lace-bark

  ·noun A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); — so called from the lacelike layers of its i...

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• Mancona bark

  ·- ·see Sassy bark. ...

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• Nine-bark

  ·noun A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern Unit...

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• Quillaia bark

  ·- The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated,...

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• Sassy bark

  ·- The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an o...

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• Winter's bark

  ·- The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in S...

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• bitter-bark

  n. an Australian tree, Petalostigma quadrilo culare, F. v. M., N.O. Euphorbiacea. Called also Crab-...

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• fever-bark

  n. another name for Bitter-bark (q.v.). ...

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• lacey-bark

  See lace-bark ...

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• lace-bark

  Lacey-bark, or Lacewood ,n. names for Ribbonwood (q.v.). The inner bark of thetree is like fine la...

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• ring-bark

  v. tr. Same meaning as Ring(1). 1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 204: «The selector in a timb...

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• stringy-bark

  I. n. 1) any one of various Gums, with a tough fibrous bark used for tying,for cordage, for roofs ...

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• cramp-bark

  (Viburnum oxycoccus.) The popular name of a medicinal plant; its properties anti-spasmodic. It bears...

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• candle-bark

  A cylindrical tin box for candles. ...

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• water-bark

  A small decked vessel or tank, used by the Dutch for carrying fresh water. ...

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• wattle-and-dab

  a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...

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• paper-bark tree

  or Paper-barked Tea-tree ,n. Called also Milk-wood (q.v.). Name given tothe species Melaleuca leuc...

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• to bark off squirrels

  A common way of killing squirrels among those who are expert with the rifle, in the Western States, ...

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• to bark one's shins

  To knock the skin off the shins by stumbling or striking against something. Mr. Hortshorne calls th...

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• to bark up the wrong tree

  A common expression at the West, denoting that a person has mistaken his object, or is pursuing the ...

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