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”A nocuous kind of grass, naon contortus), which grows on the coast, and which rendered sheep-raising impossible”

<hw>Spear-Lily</hw>, n See Lily

<hw>Spearwood</hw>, the wood of three trees so called, because the aborigines made their spears from it--Acacia doratoxylon, A Cunn, A houminosae; and Eucalyptus doratoxylon, F v M, NO Myrtaceae

<hw>Speedwell, Native</hw>, n The English Speedwell is a Veronica There is a Tasmanian species, Veronica formosa, R Br, NO Scrophulariaceae

<hw>Spell</hw>, n In England, a turn at work or duty; in Australasia, always a period of rest froically Spell is connected with Ger spielen, in which case the Australasian use is the ical Dictionary'

1865 J O Tucker, `Australian Story,' c i p 84:

”The only recoht his pipe and have a `spell'”

1873 A Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' vol i p 84:

”Having a spell--e should call a short holiday”

<hw>Spell</hw>, v to rest

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

p 42:

”In order to spell the oars, we landed at a point on the east side”

1880 G n Oakley, in `Victoria in 1880,' p 114:

”He `spelled' upon the ground; a hollow gum Bore up his a when he sat upon A war-ant's nest”

1890 Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c xxiv p 328:

”There's a hundred and fifty stock-horses there, spelling for next winter's work”

1896 Baldwin Spencer, `Horne Expedition in Central Australia,'

Narrative, p 48:

”We ca plenty of fish, and here we spelled for a day to allow soraph Chamber's Pillar”

<hw>Sphenura</hw>, n scientific naenus of Australian birds called the Bristle-Birds (qv)

Froe,” and 'oura, ”a tail”

The naiven by Sir Frederick McCoy

<hw>Spider</hw>, n See Katipo

<hw>Spider-Orchis</hw>, n naiven in Tasmania to the Orchid Caladenia pulcherrilaux</hw>, n See Sceloglaux

<hw>Spinach, Australian</hw>, n name applied to species of Chenopodium, NO Salsolaceae; called also Fat-hen The name is also applied to various wild pot herbs