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▪ I. myall1|ˈmaɪəl|
[Native name: Bigambel (Dumaresque River) mail the blacks (a black = namail).]
An aboriginal of Australia who has not come under the influence of white civilization.
1835in T. L. Mitchell Exped. East. Australia (1839) I. App. 353 The smoke from fires of the Myall blacks. 1839T. L. Mitchell Ibid. I. 20 The natives who remain in a savage state..are named ‘myalls’ by their half civilized brethren. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 202 A lot of half-tamed naked Myalls, as yet hardly to be trusted. 1898― Rom. Canvas Town 145 If murder doesn't come of it, I'm a myall black fellow.
▪ II. myall2|ˈmaɪəl|
[Native name: Kamilaroi (Hunter River) maiāl.]
Any Australian acacia, esp. Acacia pendula or A. homalophylla (which yields a useful hard scented wood). Also, the wood of these trees.
1845J. O. Balfour Sketch N.S. Wales 38 The Myall-tree..is the most picturesque tree of New South Wales. 1852Mundy Antipodes I. x. 316 Dandy amateur bushmen have the handle of their stock-whip made of the Myâl, Acacia pendula, or violet wood. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn v, A man that's seen a naked old hag of a gin ride away on a myall-bough. 1880Silver's Handbk. Australia 275 Stringy bark is useful for boards..myall for pipes. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 400 The boundless ocean-plains..where the saltbush grows, and the myall and the mulgah. 1893J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 277 The myall ashes still glowed redly. |