phalopods might be made a source of a
considerable profit for exportation to Japan and China.
In both these countries all animal substances of a gelatinous
character are in great request, and none more than those of the
cuttle-fish tribe; the squid (<i>Sepioteuthis australis</i>) is
highly appreciated, and in consequence is highly prized.
The cuttle-fish (<i>sepia</i>) is of rather inferior quality,
and the star-fish of the fishermen (<i>octopus</i>) not used
at all.'"

1892. R L. Stevenson, `The Wrecker,' p. 345:

"You can't fill up all these retainers on tinned salmon for
nothing; but whenever I could get it, I would give 'em squid.
Squid's good for natives, but I don't care for it, do you?--
or shark either."

<hw>Squire</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the fish called
<i>Schnapper</i> at two years old. See <i>Schnapper</i>.

<hw>Squirrel</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Flying-Squirrel</i>.

<hw>Stamper</hw>, or <hw>Stamphead</hw>, <i>n</i>. "A cast-iron
weight, or head, fixed on to a shank or lifter, and used for
stamping or reducing quartz to a fine sand." (Brough Smyth,
`Glossary.') The word is used elsewhere as a term in
machinery. In Australia, it signifies the appliance above
described. The form <i>stamphead</i> is the earlier one.
The shorter word <i>stamper</i> is now the more usual.

1869. J. F. Blanche, `Prince's Visit,' p. 25:

"For steam and stampers now are all the rage."

1880. A. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 76:

"The battery was to have eight stampers."

1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 11:

"This, with the old battery, brings the number of stampers up
to sixty."

Ibid. p. 15:

"A battery of twenty-six stamp heads."

<hw>Star of Bethlehem</hw>. The Old World plant is
<i>Ornithogalum umbellatum</i>; the name is given in Australia
to <i>Chamaescilla corymbosa</i>, and in Tasmania to
<i>Burchardia umbellata</i>, R. Br., both of the
<i>Liliaceae</i>.

<hw>Star-fern</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Victoria to
<i>Gleichenia flabellata</i>, R. Br.; called also
<i>Fan-fern</i>. See <i>Fern</i>.

<hw>Starling</hw>, <i>n</i>. English bird-name.
The Australian species is the <i>Shining Starling</i>,
<i>Calornis metallica</i>. The common English starling
is also acclimatised.

<hw>Start</hw>, <i>n</i>. The young Australian has a fine
contempt for the English word <i>to begin</i>, which he never
uses where he can find any substitute. He says <i>commence</i>
or <i>start</i>, and