Definition of Kauries

1. kaury [n] - See also: kaury

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kauries

kattis
katydid
katydids
katywampus
katzenjammer
katzenjammers
kaugh
kaughs
kauluamine
kaurene synthetase
kauri
kauri copal
kauri gum
kauri pine
kauri resin
kauries (current term)
kauris
kaury
kava
kavain
kavakava
kavakavas
kaval
kavalactone
kavalactones
kavals
kavas
kavithai

Literary usage of Kauries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1832)
"Beans of various kinds often serve, like kauries in India and Africa, as a medium of exchange. Loans and deposits are the only kind of securities of which ..."

2. The Indian Forester (1886)
"... a long period without losing their vitality ; so it is just possible these young looking kauries would be themselves the better for more light and air. ..."

3. Deutsche geographische Blätter by Geographische Gesellschaft in Bremen (1898)
"Gewöhnlich sind die kauries in Körben, auch in Säcken aufgehoben. Dafs wir im Innern mehr kauries vorfinden als an der Küste, ist naheliegend. ..."

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