Plate_Austral English

Ptilotis cassidix, Jard., Helmeted H. ... 39

P. fasciogularis, Gould, Fasciated H. ... 40

P. notata, Gould, Yellow-spotted H. ... 41

P. filigera, Gould, Streaked H. ... 42

P. Cockerelli, Gould, Cockerell's H. ... 43

Tropidorhynchus buceroides, Helmeted H. ... 44

[Note.--The Brush Wattle-birds, Friar-birds, Spine-bills,

and the Yellow-throated Minah, are known as Honey-eaters,

and the whole series are sometimes called Honey-birds.]

1897. A. J. Campbell (in `The Australasian,' Jan. 23),

p. 180, col. i:

"The honey-eaters or meliphagous birds are a peculiar and

striking feature in Australian ornithology. As Gould points

out, they are to the fauna what the eucalypts, banksias, and

melaleucas are to the flora of Australia. They are closely

adapted to feeding on these trees. That great author asks:--

`What can be more plain than that the brushlike tongue is

especially formed for gathering the honey from the flower-cups

of the eucalypti, or that their diminutive stomachs are

especially formed for this kind of food, and the peculiar

insects which constitute a portion of it?'"

<hw>Honey-Eucalypt</hw>, n. See Box-tree, Yellow.

<hw>Honey-flower</hw>, n. Lambertia formosa, Smith,

N.O. Proteaceae.

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. iv.

p. 101:

"They . . . returned . . . dreadfully exhausted, having

existed chiefly by sucking the wild honey-flower and shrubs."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 37:

"`Honey-flower' or `honeysuckle,' a plant as well known to

small boys about Sydney as to birds and insects. It obtains

its vernacular name on account of the large quantity of a clear

honey-like liquid the flowers contain. After sucking some

quantity the liquid generally produces nausea and headache."

<hw>Honey-plant</hw>, n. name given in Tasmania to

Richea scoparia Hook., N.O. Epacris.

<hw>Honeysuckle</hw>, n. name given to the Banksias

(q.v.); also called Bottle-brush (q.v.).

The species are--

Coast Honeysuckle--

Banksia integrifolia, Linn.

Common H.--

B. marginata, Cav.

Heath H.--

B. serrata, Linn.

New Zealand H.--

Knightia excelsa, R.Br.

Silvery H.--

Grevillea striata, R.Br.

Tasmanian H.--

Banksia margirata, Cav. /sic. Probably marginata/

1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 125:

"Some scattered honeysuckles, as they, are called, but which,

being specimens of a ligneous evergreen shrub (Banksia

Australis), my English reader will please not to assimilate

in his mind's eye in any respect with the woodbine."

1846. G. H. Haydon, `Five Years in Australia Felix,' p. 84:

"The honeysuckle (Banksia integrifolia) will greatly

disappoint those who, from its name, expect to see anything

similar to the sweet-scented climbers of English hedges and

gardens--this being a tree attaining to thirty or forty feet in

height, with spiral yellow flowers. The blossoms at the proper

seasons yield a great quantity of honey, which on a dewy

morning may be observed dropping from the flowers."

1848. Letter by Mrs. Perry, given in Goodman's `Church

in Victoria during Episcopate of Bishop Perry,' p. 83:

"In the course of our journey today we passed through a thin

wood of honeysuckle trees, for, I should think, about three

miles. They take their name from the quantity of honey

contained in the yellow cone-shaped flower, which is much

prized and sucked by the natives--the aborigines, I mean."

1852. Mrs. Meredith, 'My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 164:

"The honeysuckle-tree (Banksia latifolia) is so

unreasonably named . . . so very unlike any sort or species of

the sweet old flower whose name it so unfittingly bears. . . .

The blossoms form cones, which when in full bloom, are much the

size and shape of a large English teazel, and are of a greenish

yellow. . . . The honeysuckle trees grow to about thirty feet

in height."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 10:

"Banksia, spp., N.O. Proteaceae. The name

`honeysuckle' was applied to this genus by the early settlers,

from the fact that the flowers, when in full bloom, contain, in

a greater or lesser quantity, a sweet, honey-like liquid, which

is secreted in considerable quantities, especially after a dewy

night, and is eagerly sucked out by the aborigines."

1892. A. Sutherland, `Elementary Geography of British

Colonies,' p. 271:

"It [banksia] is called the `honeysuckle' by the people of

Australia, though it has no resemblance to an English

honeysuckle. Many of the banksias grow into stately trees."

<hw>Honeywood</hw>, n. name given in Tasmania to the tree

Bedfordia salicina, DeC., N.O. Compositae; also

there called Dogwood (q.v.).

<hw>Hoop-Pine</hw>, n. another name for the tree

Araucaria cunninghami or Moreton-Bay Pine.

See Pine.

<hw>Hoot</hw>, n. slang term for compensation, payment,

money; characteristic corruption of Maori Utu (q.v.)

1896. `Truth' (Sydney), Jan. 12:

"There are several specimens of bush slang transplanted from

the Maori language. `Hoot' is a very frequent synonym for

money or wage. I have heard a shearer at the Pastoralist Union

office in Sydney when he sought to ascertain the scale of

remuneration, enquire of the gilt-edged clerk behind the

barrier, `What's the hoot, mate?' The Maori equivalent for

money is utu, pronounced by the Ngapuhi and other

northern tribes with the last syllable clipped, and the word is

very largely used by the kauri-gum diggers and station hands in

the North Island. The original meaning of utu in Maori

is `revenge.' When the missionaries first settled in New

Zealand, they found that the savage inhabitants had no

conception of any recompense except the grim recompense of

blood. Under Christianizing influences the natives were

induced to forego the blood-revenge for injuries, on receiving

a solatium in goods or land, and so utu came to have the

double meaning of revenge and recompense, and eventually became

recognized as the Maori word for money."

<hw>Hop-bush</hw>, n. "the name for all species of

Dodonaea" (Maiden, p. 417), N.O. Sapindaceae.

1883. F. M. Bailey, `Queensland Flora,' Synopsis, p. 82:

"The capsules of many Dodonaeas are used for hops,

and thus the shrubs are known as hop-bushes in Queensland."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 621:

"`Hop-bush,' called `switch-sorrel' in Jamaica, and according

to Dr. Bennett, `apiri' in Tahiti. Found in all the colonies."

<hw>Hopping-fish</hw>, or <hw>Climbing-fish</hw>, n.

a fish of the north of New South Wales and of Queensland,

Periophthalmus australis, Castln., family

Gobiidae. Called also Skipper.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'

p. 27:

"On the confines of the northern boundaries of New South Wales

may be seen a very remarkable Goby called the `Hopping-fish.'

The pectoral fins are developed into regular legs, with which

the fish hops or leaps along the mud flats . . . The eyes are

on the top of the head, and very prominent, and moreover they

can be thrust very far out of their sockets, and moved

independently of one another, thus the fish can see long

distances around, and overtake the small crabs in spite of the

long stalks to their optics. It is a tropical form, yet it is

said to be found on the mud-flats of the Richmond River."

<hw>Hops, Native</hw>, or <hw>Wild</hw>, n. In

Australia, the fruit of the Hop-bush (see above),

Dodonaea spp. In Tasmania, Daviesia latifolia,

R.Br., N.O. Leguminosae, and called also there

Bitter-Leaf.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 23:

"`Native hops,' on account of the capsules bearing some

resemblance to hops, both in appearance and taste. In the

early days of settlement the fruits of these trees were

extensively used, yeast and beer of excellent quality being

prepared from them. They are still so used to a small extent.

D. attenuata, A. Cunn., for instance, was largely used

in the Western District. In times of drought cattle and sheep

eat them."

1896. A. B. Paterson, `Man from Snowy River,' p. 7:

"The wild-hop scrub grew thickly, and the hidden ground was full

Of wombat-holes, and any slip was death."

<hw>Horizontal</hw>, n. a Tasmanian shrub, Anodopetalum

biglandulosum, Cunn., N.O. Saxifrageae. Horizontal

Scrub, peculiar to the island, occurs in the western forests;

it derives its name from the direction of the growth of its

lower stems, and constitutes a tedious obstacle to the progress

of the traveller.

1888. R. M. Johnston, `Geology of Tasmania' [Introd. p. vii:

"The Horizontal is a tall shrub or tree. . . . Its peculiar

habit--to which it owes its name and fame--is for the main stem

to assume a horizontal and drooping position after attaining a

considerable height, from which ascend secondary branches which

in turn assume the same horizontal habit. From these spring

tertiary branchlets, all of which interlock, and form . . .

an almost impenetrable mass of vegetation."

1891. `The Australasian,' April 4: "That stuff as they calls

horizontal, a mess of branches and root."

<hw>Hornerah</hw>, n. aboriginal name for a throwing-stick;

a dialectic variation of Woomera (q.v.). a nonce-use.

1830. R. Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 20:

"I observed, too, that they used a stick, shaped thus __,

called the hornerah (which assists them in throwing the

spear)."

<hw>Horn-Ray</hw>, n. a New Zealand and Australian

Ray, the fish Rhinobatus banksii, Mull and Heule.

In this genus of Rays the cranial cartilage is produced into a

long rostral process (Guenther): hence the name.

<hw>Horopito</hw>, n. Maori name for the New Zealand

shrub, Drimys axillaris, Forst., N.O. Magnoliaceae;

called also Pepper-tree (q.v.).

1847. G. F. Angas, `Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and

New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 17:

A delicious fragrance, like that of hyacinth and jessamine

mingled, filled the warm still air with its perfume. It arose

from the petals of a straggling shrub, with bright green

shining leaves resembling those of the nutmeg-tree; and a

profusion of rich and delicate blossoms, looking like waxwork,

and hanging in clusters of trumpet-shaped bells: I observed

every shade of colour amongst them, from pinkish white to the

deepest crimson, and the edges of the petals were irregularly

jagged all round. The natives call this plant horopito."

Ibid. p. 75:

"The fuchsia and the horopito were also abundant."

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 129:

"Horopito, pepper-tree, winter's bark. A small slender evergreen

tree, very handsome. Whole plant aromatic and stimulant; used

by the Maoris for various diseases. Wood very ornamental in

cabinet-work."

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 1:

"The Horopito, or pepper-tree of the settlers, is an

ornamental shrub or small tree occurring in woods, on the

margin of which it is sometimes found in great abundance."

<hw>Horse-Mackerel</hw>, n. The name is applied in

Sydney to the fish Auxis ramsayi, Castln., family

Scombridae. In New Zealand it is Caranx (or

Trachurus) trachurus, Cuv. and Val., which is the same

fish as the Horse-Mackerel of England. This is called

Yellow-tail on the Australian coasts. See Trevally.

<hw>Horseradish-tree</hw>, n. name given to Codonocarpus

cotinifolius, F. v. M., N.O. Phytolaceae.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 164:

"`Quinine-tree,' `medicine-tree' of the interior. Called also

`horse-radish tree' owing to the taste of the leaves. The bark

contains a peculiar bitter, and no doubt possesses medicinal

properties. The taste is, however, quite distinct from

quinine."

<hw>Horseshoe-Fern</hw>, n. name given in New Zealand to

the fern Marattia fraxinia, Sm., called in Australia the

Potato-Fern. See under Fern.

<hw>Hot Wind</hw>, n. an Australian meteorological

phenomenon. See quotations, especially 1879, A. R. Wallace.

The phrase is of course used elsewhere, but its Australian use

is peculiar. The hot wind blows from the North.

Mr. H. C. Russell, the Government Astronomer of New South

Wales, writes--"The hot wind of Australia is a circulation of

wind about the anticyclone in the rear of which, as it moves to

the east, there is a strong force of wind from north to north-

west, which blowing over the heated plains of the interior

gathers up its excessive temperature and carries it to the

southern colonies. They seldom last more than two or three

days in Sydney, and the great heat by which they are remembered

never lasts more than a few hours of one day, and is always a

sign of the end, which is an inrush of southerly wind, the

circulation forming the front of the new incoming anticyclone."

1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' Vol. II. c. iii.

p. 66:

"This was the only occasion upon which we felt the hot winds

in the interior."

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' Vol. II.

c. vi. p. 243:

"These squalls generally succeed the hot winds that prevail

at this season in South Australia, coming from the interior."

Footnote--"During the hot winds we observed the thermometer,

in the direct rays of the sun, to be 135 degrees."

1846. Ibid. c. xii. p. 403:

"A hot wind set in; . . . at one time the thermometer at the

public offices [Adelaide] was 158 degrees."

1849. C. Sturt, `Expedition into Central Australia,' vol.

ii. p. 90:

"I sought shelter behind a large gum tree, but the blasts of

heat were so terrific that I wondered the very grass did not

take fire. . . . Everything, both animate and inanimate, gave

way before it: the horses stood with their backs to the wind,

and their noses to the ground, without the muscular strength to

raise their heads; the birds were mute, and the leaves of the

trees, under which we were sitting, fell like a snow shower

around us. At noon I took a thermometer, graduated to 127

degrees, out of my box, and observed that the mercury was up to

125 degrees. Thinking that it had been unduly influenced, I

put it in the fork of a tree close to me, sheltered alike from

the wind and the sun. In this position I went to examine it

about an hour afterwards, when I found that the mercury had

risen to the top of the instrument, and that its further

expansion had burst the bulb. . . . We had reached our

destination, however, before the worst of the hot wind set in."

1850. J. B. Clutterbuck, `Port Phillip in 1849,' p. 25:

"The immediate cause of the hot winds has given rise to much

speculation. . . . The favourite theory is that they are

generated in the sandy plains of the interior, which becoming

powerfully heated, pour their glowing breath upon the fertile

regions of the south."

1871. Dingo, `Australian Rhymes,' p. 7:

"A hot wind swift envelopes me

In dust from foot to head."

1879. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' (1893) vol. i. p. 39:

"They are evidently produced by the sinking down to the surface

of that north-westerly current of heated air which . . . is

always passing overhead. The exact causes which bring it down

cannot be determined, though it evidently depends on the

comparative pressure of the atmosphere on the coast and in the

interior. Where from any causes the north-west wind becomes

more extensive and more powerful, or the sea breezes diminish,

the former will displace the latter and produce a hot wind till

an equilibrium is restored. It is the same wind passing

constantly overhead which prevents the condensation of vapour,

and is the cause of the almost uninterrupted sunny skies of the

Australian summer."

1879. Rev. J. H. Zillmann, `Australian Life,' p. 40:

"Scientific men, however, tell us that those hot winds are just

what make Australia so healthy a climate--that they act as

scavengers, and without them the death-rate of the colonies

would be alarmingly great."

<hw>Hot-windy</hw>, adj. See above.

1871. Dingo, `Australian Rhymes,' p. 18:

"A spell that still makes me forget

The dust and the hot-windy weather."

<hw>Houhere</hw>, or <hw>Hohere</hw>, n. Maori name for

a New Zealand tree, Hoheria populnea, A. Cunn.,

N.O. Malvaceae; called also Lacebark (q.v.) and

xeRibbonwood (q.v.).

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 130:

"Houhere, ribbonwood of Dunedin. [The name is now more

general.] An ornamental shrub-tree ten to thirty feet high.

Bark fibrous and used for cordage, and affords a demulcent

drink. Wood splits freely for shingles, but is not durable.

. . . Bark used for making a tapa cloth by the Maoris in olden

times."

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 87:

"In one or other of its varied forms the `houhere' is found in

nearly every district in N.Z. It is everywhere admired for its

handsome foliage, and the beauty of its pure white flowers,

which are produced in vast profusion during the early winter

months. . . . The bark is capable of division into a number of

layers. . . . By settlers all forms are termed `ribbonwood,'

or less frequently `lace-bark'--names which are applied to

other plants; they are also termed `thousand-jacket.'"

1895. `Longman's Geography Reader for New Zealand,' p. 231:

"The houhere is a small tree with beautiful white flowers,

and the bark splits up into thin layers which look like delicate

lace; hence the plant is called lace-bark or ribbon-wood by

the colonists."

<hw>Houi</hw>, n. Maori name for New Zealand tree,

Ribbonwood (q.v.), N.O. Malvaceae, kindred to

Hoheria, Plagianthus Betulinus, sometimes called

Howi. In Maori, the verb houwere means to tie,

to bind: the outer bark was used for tying.

<hw>Hound</hw>, n. (sometimes <hw>Smooth Hound</hw>),

the Old World name for all the sharks of the genus

Mustelus ("the Hell-hound of the Deep"); applied

specially in New South Wales and New Zealand to the species

Mustelus antarcticus, Guenth., also called Gummy

(q.v.).

<hw>Hovea</hw>, n. scientific name for a genus of

shrubs. "After Anthony Pantaleon Hove, a Polish botanist.

A small genus of highly ornamental leguminous shrubs, from

Australia, having blue or purple flowers in axillary clusters,

or very short racemes, alternate simple leaves, and short

turgid pods." (`Century.')

<hw>Huia</hw>, n. Maori name for a New Zealand bird,

like a starling, Heteralocha acutirostris, Gould, of

limited occurrence, chiefly found in North Island; having beak

straight and short in the male, long and curved in female. The

tail feathers are highly prized for ornament by the Maoris.

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.

p. 91:

"The huia is a black bird about as large as a thrush, with long

thin legs and a slender semi-circular beak, which he uses in

seeking in holes of trees for the insects on which he feeds.

In the tail are four long black feathers tipt with white.

These feathers are much valued by the natives as ornaments for

the hair on great occasions. . . . The natives attracted the

birds by imitating the peculiar whistle, from which it takes

the name of huia."

1883. F. S. Renwick, `Betrayed,' p. 36:

"One snow-tipped hui feather graced his hair."

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 7:

[A full description.]

<hw>Hump, to</hw>, v. to shoulder, carry on the back;

especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or

drum. See Swag, Bluey, Drum.

1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 226:

"He `humped his swag,' in digger's phrase, that is, shouldered

his pack and disappeared in the woods."

1857. `Geelong Advertiser,' quoted in `Argus,' Oct. 23,

p. 5, col. 3:

"The despised old chum bought his swag, `humped it,' grumbled

of course."

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 93:

"A hardwood slab-door weighs a goodish deal, as any one may

find out that has to hump it a hundred yards."

1893. Haddon Chambers, `Thumbnail Sketches of Australian

Life,' p. 224:

"I `humped my swag'--i.e. tied my worldly possessions,

consisting of a blanket, a pannikin, and an odd pair of boots,

upon my back-and `footed it' for the capital."

1896. H. Lawson, `When the World was Wide,' p. 134:

"But Bill preferred to hump his drum

A-paddin' of the hoof."

<hw>Hump</hw>, n. a long walk with a swag on one's back.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. 3, p. 46:

"We get a fair share of exercise without a twenty-mile hump on

Sundays."

<hw>Humpy</hw>, n. (1) a native hut. The aboriginal

word is Oompi; the initial h is a Cockney addition, and the

word has been given an English look, the appearance of the huts

suggesting the English word hump. [The forms

himbing and yamba occur along the East coast of

Australia. Probably it is kindred with koombar, bark,

in Kabi dialect, Mary River, Queensland.] The old convict

settlement in Moreton Bay, now broken up, was called Humpy Bong

(see Bung), sc. Oompi Bong, a dead or deserted

settlement. The aboriginal names for hut may be thus tabulated

Gunyah )

. . . New South Wales.

Goondie )

Humpy (Oompi) . . . Queensland.

Mia-mia . . . Victoria and Western Australia.

Wurley (Oorla) . . . South Australia.

Whare . . . New Zealand.

1846. C. P. Hodgson, `Reminiscences of Australia,' p. 228:

"A `gunyia' or `umpee.'"

1873. J. Brunton Stephens, `Black Gin,' p. 16:

"Lo, by the `humpy' door, a smockless Venus."

(2) Applied to a settler's house, very small and primitive.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 133:

"To dwell in the familiar old bark `humpy,' so full of happy

memories. The roof was covered with sheets of bark held down

by large wooden riders pegged in the form of a square to one

another."

1885. R. M. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 57:

"A lonely hut . . . and a kitchen--a smaller humpey--at the

back."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' p. 247:

"He's to bed in the humpy."

1893. Gilbert Parker, `Pierre and his People,' p. 135:

"Shon McGann was lying on a pile of buffalo robes in a mountain

hut,--an Australian would call it a humpey."

<hw>Hungry Quartz</hw>, n. a miner's term for

unpromising Quartz (q.v.)

<hw>Huon-Pine</hw>, n. a large Tasmanian evergreen tree,

Dacrydium franklinii, Hook, N.O. Coniferae. The

timber is prized in cabinet-work, being repellent to insects,

durable, and fairly easy to work; certain pieces are

beautifully marked, and resemble bird's-eye maple. The Huon is

a river in the south of Tasmania, called after a French

officer. See Pine.

1800. J. J. Labillardiere, `Voyage a la Recherche de la

Perouse,' tom. i., Introd. p. xi:

"Ces deux flutes recurent des noms analogues au but de

l'entreprise. Celle que montoit le general, Dentrecasteaux,

fut nommee la Recherche, et l'autre, commandee par le major de

vaisseau, Huon Kermadec, recut le nom de l'Esperance. . . .

Bruny Dentrecasteaux [fut le] commandant de l'expedition, [et]

Labillardiere [fut le] naturaliste."

[Of these gentlemen of France and their voyage the names Bruni

Island, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Recherche Bay, Port Esperance,

Kermandie [sic] River, Huon Island, Huon River, perpetuate the

memory in Southern Tasmania, and the Kermadec Islands in the

Southern Ocean.]

1820. C. Jeffreys, R.N., `Geographical and Descriptive

Delineations of the Island of Van Diemen's Land,' p. 28:

"On the banks of these newly discovered rivers, and the

harbour, grows the Huon Pine (so called from the river

of that name, where it was first found)."

1829. `The Tasmanian Almanack,' p. 87:

"1816. Huon pine and coal discovered at Port Davey and

Macquarie Harbour."

1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' Vol. ii. p. 23:

"Huon-pine is by far the most beautiful wood found in the

island."

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' (edition 1855) p. 515:

"Knots of the beautiful Huon pine, finer than bird's-eye maple

for ornamental furniture."

1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discovery

and Exploration of Australia,' vol. i. p. 71:

"The river was named the Huon, and has since become celebrated

for the production which yields the pretty cabinet-wood known

as Huon pine."

1890. Lyth, `Golden South,' c. xii. p. 102:

"The huon-pine is of immense height and girth."

<hw>Hut</hw>, n. the cottage of a shepherd or a miner.

The word is English but is especially common in Australia, and

does not there connote squalor or meanness. The "Men's Hut" on

a station is the building occupied by the male employees.

1844. `Port Phillip Patriot,' July 11, pt. 1, c. 3:

"At the head station are a three-roomed hut, large kitchen,

wool-shed, etc."

1862. G. T. Lloyd, `Thirty-three Years in Tasmania,' p. 21:

"If a slab or log hut was required to be erected . . . a

cart-load of wool was pitchforked from the wasting heap,

wherewith to caulk the crevices of the rough-hewn timber

walls."

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. vi. p. 42:

"`The hut,' a substantial and commodious structure, arose in

all its grandeur."

1890. Id. `Miner's Right,' c. vi. p. 62:

"Entering such a hut, as it is uniformly, but in no sense of

contempt, termed--a hut being simply lower in the scale than

a cottage--you will find there nothing to shock the eye or

displease the taste."

1891. W. Tilley, `Wild West of Tasmania,' p. 29:

"Bark and weatherboard huts alternating with imposing hotels

and stores."

<hw>Hut-keep</hw>, v. to act as hut-keeper.