Part 149 (1/2)

It is of the shape of a pickaxe, with only one pick Its na a tooth

It is a very formidable weapon, and used only in war”

1846 J L Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol II

c xiii p 479:

”A weapon used by the natives called a Liangle, resee,' Gatherings a the Gum-trees,'

p 56:

”Let us hand to hand attack him With our Leeawells of Buloite”

Ibid (In Glossary) p 83:

”Leeawell, a kind of war club”

1867 G Gordon McCrae, `Mile's nascent form Fore-spoke the distant battle-storm”

1886 R Henty, `Australiana,' p 21:

”His war-club or leeangle”

1889 P Beveridge, `Aborigines of Victoria and Riverina, p 67:

”Of those [waddies] possessing--we ht almost say---a national character, the shapes of which seeeneration, fro weapon It is usually three feet long, and two and a half inches thick, having a pointed head, very si pick; in most cases the oak (Casuarina) is used in the manufacture of this weapon; it is used in close quarters only, and is a most deadly instrueneral le</hw>, n iq Leawill (qv)

<hw>Leek</hw>, n a small parrot See Greenleek

<hw>Leek, Native</hw>, n a poisonous Australian plant, Bulbine bulbosa, Haw, NO Liliaceae Called also Native Onion Its race

1889 J H Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p 121:

”`Native Onion,' `Native Leek' Mr W n Hutchinson, Sheep Inspector, Warrego, Queensland, reports of this plant: `Its effects on cattle arecontinually lying down, rolling, terribly scoured, </hw>, na nearly vertical prolongation of the saddle

1890 `The Argus,' June x6th, p 6, col 1:

”It may also be observed that in payable saddle for fro, where the leg of reef is observed to go down deeper, and to carry a greater aitimacy</hw>, n See quotation

[Old and now unused slang]

1827 P Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol i