Austral English Part 152

No. 7, p. 107:

"What are commonly styled `locusts' in this country are really Cicadae, belonging to a totally distinct and widely separated order of insects. And moreover the same kind of Cicada is known by different names in different localities, such as `Miller,' `Mealyback,' etc. The true locusts belong to the gra.s.shoppers, while the h.o.m.opterous Cicadidae have been known as Cicadas from times of remote antiquity."

Locust-tree, of New Zealand. See Kowhai.

Logan-Apple, n. a small Queensland tree, with an acid fruit, Acronychia acidia, F. v. M., N.O. Rutaceae.

Log-hut, n. Log-cabin is American.

Log-hut is Australian.

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' p. 178:

"Not more than ten settlers had been able to erect dwellings better than log-huts."

[This was in Sydney, 1796.]

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. I.

c. ix. p. 287:

"Captain Fyans was living in a log-hut on the banks of the Marabool river."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. vi. p. 61:

"Log-huts, with the walls built American fas.h.i.+on, of horizontal tree-trunks."

Log-Runner, n. an Australian bird, called also a Spinetail. The species are--

Black-headed-- Orthonyx spaldingi, Ramsay;

Spinetailed-- O. spinicauda, Temm., called also Pheasant's Mother. See Orthonyx.

Logs, n. pl. the Lock-up. Originally, in the early days, a log-hut, and often keeping the name when it was made a more secure place. Sometimes, when there was no lock-up, the prisoners were chained to heavy logs of trees.

1802. G.Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' p. 184:

"The governor resolved on building a large log prison both at Sydney and Paramatta, and `as the affair cried haste,' a quant.i.ty of logs were ordered to be sent in by the various settlers, officers and others."

[p. 196]: "The inhabitants of Sydney were a.s.sessed to supply thatch for the new gaol, and the building was enclosed with a strong high fence. It was 80 feet long, the sides and ends were of strong logs, a double row of which formed each part.i.tion. The prison was divided into 22 cells. The floor and the roof were logs, over which was a coat eight inches deep of clay."

1851. Letter from Mrs. Perry, given in Canon Goodman's `Church of Victoria during Episcopate of Bishop Perry,' p. 164:

"One [sentry] at the lock-up, a regular American log-hut."

[sic. But in America it would have been called a log-cabin.]

1888. Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. 193:

"Let's put him in the Logs ... The lock-up, like most bush ones, was built of heavy logs, just roughly squared, with the ceiling the same sort."

1888. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydneyside Saxon,' p. 111:

"`He'll land himself in the logs about that same calf racket if he doesn't lookout, some day.' `Logs!' I says. `There don't seem to be many about this part. The trees are all too small.'"

Log up, v. to make a log-support for the windla.s.s.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. v. p. 54:

"We ... had logged up and made a start with another shaft."

Lolly, n., pl. Lollies. The English word lollipop is always shortened in Australia, and is the common word to the exclusion of others, e.g. sweets.

Manufacturers of sweetmeats are termed Lolly-makers.

1871. J. J. Simpson, `Recitations,' p. 24:

"Lollies that the children like."

1874. Garnet Walch, `Head over Heels,' p. 18:

"Common children fancy lollies, Eat them 'gainst their parents' wills."

1882. A. J. Boyd, `Old Colonials,' p. 16:

"I thankfully expended the one in bile-producing cakes and lollies."

1893. `Evening Standard' (Melbourne), Oct. 18, p. 6, col. 2:

"Mr. Patterson (musing over last Sat.u.r.day's experiences): You're going to raise the price of lollies. I'm a great buyer of them myself. (Laughter.) If you pay the full duty it will, doubtless, be patriotic for me to buy more when I go amongst the juveniles."

Long-fin, n. name given to the fish Caprodon schlegelii, Gunth., and in New South Wales to Anthias longima.n.u.s, Gunth.

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

p. 33:

"The long-fin, Anthias Iongima.n.u.s, Gunth., is a good fish that finds its way to the market occasionally ... may be known by its uniform red colour, and the great length of the pectoral fins."

Long-Jack, name given to the tree Flindersia oxleyana, F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae; called also Light Yellow-Wood.

Long-sleever, n. name for a big drink and also for the gla.s.s in which it is contained. Perhaps in allusion to its tall, tapering, long shape.

1888. Ca.s.sell's `Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iii. p. 83:

"Their drivers had completed their regulation half-score of `long-sleevers' of `she-oak.'"

Long-Tom, n. name given in Sydney to Belone ferox, Gunth., a species of Garfish which has both jaws prolonged to form a slender beak. See Garfish.

Long-Yam. See Yam.

Look, v. tr. to examine.

1874. W. H. L. Ranken, `Dominion of Australia,' c. vi. p. 105: