e not men to whom the
natives were accustomed. So Maori was used as opposed to the
Europeans, the white-skins. <i>Kuri Maori</i> was a name used
for a dog after the arrival of other quadrupeds called also
<i>kuri</i>. <i>Wai maori</i> was freshwater, ordinary as
opposed to sea-water. Another explanation is that the word
meant "indigenous," and that there are kindred words with that
meaning in other Polynesian languages. First, "indigenous," or
"of the native race," and then with a secondary meaning,
"ours." (See Tregear's Maori Comparative Dictionary,' s.v.)

The form of the plural varies. The form <i>Maoris</i>
is considered the more correct, but the form <i>Maories</i>
is frequently used by good writers.

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 194:

"The Maori language is essentially a poor one, and possesses
in particular but few words which express abstract ideas."

1859. A. S. Thomson, `Story of New Zealand,' vol. i. c. iii.
p. 51:

"No light is thrown on the origin of the New Zealanders from
the name Maori which they call themselves. This word, rendered
by linguists `native,' is used in contradistinction to pakeha,
or stranger."

1864. Crosbie Ward, `Canterbury Rhymes,' `The Runaways' (2nd
edition), p. 79:

"One morn they fought, the fight was hot,
Although the day was show'ry;
And many a gallant soldier then
Was bid <i>Memento Maori</i>."

1891. Jessie Mackay, `The Sitter on the Rail, and other
Poems,' p. 61:

"Like the night, the fated Maori
Fights the coming day;
Fights and falls as doth the kauri
Hewn by axe away."

(4) Name given in New South Wales to the fish, <i>Cosis
lineolatus</i>, one of the <i>Labridae</i>, or Wrasses.

<hw>Maori-Cabbage</hw>, <i>n</i>. the wild cabbage of New
Zealand, <i>Brassica spp</i>., <i>N.O. Cruciferae</i>, said to
be descended from the cabbages planted by Captain Cook.

1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 206.:

"Every recollection of Cook is interesting. . . . But the chief
record of his having been on the island is the cabbage and
turnip which he sowed in various places: these have spread and
become quite naturalized, growing everywhere in the greatest
abundance, and affording an inexhaustible supply of excellent
vegetables."

1863. S. Butler, `First Year in Canterbury Settlement,'
p. 131:

"The only plant good to eat is Maori cabbage, and that is swede
turnip gone wild, from seed left by Ca