"[He] slays Bishop Patteson by way of reprisal for the
atrocities of some black-birding crew."
<hw>Blackboy</hw>, <i>n</i>. a grass-tree. Name applied to all
species of the genus <i>Xanthorroea</i>, but especially to
<i>X. preissii</i>, Endl., <i>N.O. Liliaceae</i>. Compare
<i>Maori-head</i>.
1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discovery in Australia,' ii. 4, 132:
"Black Boy . . . gum on the spear, resin on the trunk."