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▪ I. whau, int. north. dial.
Also wha, whaugh.
[A natural exclamation; perh. also contained in whannow.]
Well! Why! Also = waugh a.
1589‘Marprelate’ Hay any Work 30 Whau, whau, but where haue I bin al this while. 1684Meriton Yorksh. Dial. Gloss., Whaugh, a word of Admiration, as God bless us, etc. 1828Craven Gloss., Wha, well. 1832Lytton Eugene Aram iv. ix, Depend on it, they are two of a trade—augh!—bother!—whaugh! 1847Halliwell, Whau, why; yes. North.
▪ II. whau, n. N.Z.|faʊ, waʊ|
Also wou.
[Maori.]
A shrub or small tree, Entelea arborescens, of the family Tiliaceæ, native to New Zealand and bearing serrate leaves and clusters of small white flowers; = corkwood 2. Also, the light wood of this tree.
1840J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders 263 The Pongo and Wou..are varieties of the cork-tree. 1868Trans. N.Z. Inst. I. iii. 35 For floats, the light wood of the small tree Whau..was used. 1889,1946[see corkwood 2]. 1980J. T. Salmon Native Trees N.Z. 120 Whau is an attractive New Zealand tree with an unusual, almost tropical appearance. |