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Definition of Kauri gum
1. Noun. Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kauri Gum
Literary usage of Kauri gum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand: Her Commerce and Resources by Gildroy W. Griffin (1884)
"kauri gum, which is so extensively used in the United States'for the manufacture
of varnish, is a product peculiar to New Zealand. ..."
2. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1907)
"Kauri-gum. A good demand continues to exist for this unique product, ... In the
manufacture of varnish, kauri-gum is said to have an advantage over even the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... kauri gum or resin is abundant in the sites strength, durability and easy
working; lumbering and ..."
4. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"Hitherto the kauri- gum industry has not received that consideration and attention
... The kauri-gum fields are to the North what State farms and industrial ..."
5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Kauri-gum, ». the resin which exudes from the Kauri (qv) ... 62 : "The industry
which will most interest the tourist is the Kauri-gum . ..."
6. Australia and New Zealand by Anthony Trollope (1876)
"kauri gum—an article of trade found, as far as I am aware, ... I chipped a morsel
of kauri gum one day with my penknife in a merchant's store, ..."
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