"`There will be a great mob of things going down to-day,' said
one to another, which meant that there would be a heavy cargo
in number; we must remember that the Australians have a patois
of their own."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xiii. p. 135:

"What a mob of houses, people, cabs, teams, men, women and
children!"

<hw>Mocking-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name is given in
Australia to the <i>Lyre-bird</i> (q.v.), and in New Zealand
to the <i>Tui</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Mock-Olive</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tree. Called also
<i>Axe-breaker</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Mock-Orange</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian tree,
i.q. <i>Native Laurel</i>. See <i>Laurel</i>.

<hw>Mogo</hw>, <i>n</i>. the stone hatchet of the aborigines
of New South Wales.

1838. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol. i. p. 204:

"I heard from the summit the mogo of a native at work on some
tree close by."

1868. W. Carleton, `Australian Nights,' p. 20:

"One mute memorial by his bier,
His mogo, boomerang, and spear."

<hw>Moguey</hw>, <i>n</i>. English corruption of <i>Mokihi</i>
(q.v.).

1871. C. L. Money, `Knocking About in New Zealand,' p. 52:

"Moguey, a Maori name for a raupo or flax-stick raft."

<hw>Moki</hw>, <i>n</i>. the Maori name for the <i>Bastard
Trumpeter</i> (q.v.) of New Zealand, <i>Latris ciliaris</i>,
Forst., family <i>Cirrhitidae</i>.

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'
(Church Missionary Society), p. 182:

"Moki, <i>s</i>. A fish so called."

<hw>Mokihi</hw>, or <hw>Moki</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name
for a raft; sometimes anglicised as <i>Moguey</i>.

1840. J. S. Polack, `Manners and Customs of New Zealanders,'
vol. ii. p. 226:

"In the absence of canoes, a quantity of dried bulrushes are
fastened together, on which the native is enabled to cross a
stream by sitting astride and paddling with his hands; these
humble conveyances are called moki, and resemble those made use
of by the Egyptians in crossing among the islands of the Nile.
They are extremely buoyant, and resist saturation for a longer
period."

1858. `Appendix to Journal of House of Representatives,'
c. iii. p. 18:

"We crossed the river on mokis. By means of large mokis,
carrying upwards of a ton. . . . Moki navigation."

1889. Vincent Pyke, `Wild Will Enderby,' p. 82:

"For the benefit of the unlearned in such matters, let me here
explain that a `Mokihi' is constructed of Koradies,
<i>Anglice</i>, the flo