单词 | giddea |
释义 | giddeagidyan. 1. A species of Acacia ( A. homalophylla). Chiefly attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun] acacia1542 babul1696 marblewood1753 black wattle1802 popinac1809 wattlec1810 wattle-treec1810 giraffe tree1815 haakdoring1822 hookthorn1822 kameeldoorn1822 camel-thorn1824 catechu-tree1829 silver wattle1832 blackthorn1833 thorny acacia1834 boobyalla1835 seyal1844 mulga1848 thorn-wood1850 hackthorn1857 mimosa1857 poison tree1857 Port Jackson1857 talha1857 golden wattle1859 whitethorn acacia1860 buffalo thorn1866 nelia1867 siris1874 cassie1876 couba1878 needlebush1884 sallow wattle1884 sally1884 giddea1885 prickly Moses1887 yarran1888 opopanax tree1889 wait-a-while1889 fever tree1893 giraffe acacia1896 stay-a-while1898 brigalow1901 wirra1904 cootamundra1909 Sydney golden wattle1909 witchetty bush1911 rooikrans1917 jam-tree1934 whistling thorn1949 blackthorn1966 1885 R. C. Praed Austral. Life 51 Gidya shrubs. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer II. xvii. 88 I sat..watching the shadows of the gydya trees lengthen. 1896 B. Spencer in Rep. Horn Exped. i. 23 The Stinking Acacia or Giddea. 2. A long spear made from this wood, used by Australian Aboriginal people. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > Australian Aboriginal reed spear1819 yam-stick1863 giddea1878 1878 Catal. Objects Ethno-typical Art in Nat. Gallery, Melbourne 46 Gid-jee, hardwood spear, with fragments of quartz set in gum on two sides and grass-tree stem. Total length, 7 feet 8 inches. 1966 W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. vi. 117 Gidgee (also gidya or giddea)..is used..of a long spear made from the wood of this tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1878 |
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