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211: Two varieties of a substance called manna are among thenatural products . Called also Crab-tree, NativeQuince, Emu apple, and Quinine-tree. ahut-keeper in the bush . Another class of name brought the Australian word nearer to itsEnglish use.

Henry Kingsley's explanation (1859), that the word meansshrubbery, is singularly misleading, the English `Melbourne Punch,' April 9, p. See Reef, verb. He is a haunter of stations,and lives on the squatters, amongst whom he makes a circuit,affecting to seek work and determining not to find it.