the forms of the House so as to delay public
business.

(2) To obstruct business at any meeting, chiefly by long-winded
speeches.

(3) To play a slow game at cricket, blocking balls rather than
making runs.

1876. `Victorian Hansard,' Jan., vol. xxii. p. 1387:

"Mr. G. Paton Smith wished to ask the honourable member for
Geelong West whether the six members sitting beside him (Mr.
Berry) constituted the `stone wall' that had been spoken of?
Did they constitute the stone wall which was to oppose all
progress--to prevent the finances being dealt with and the
business of the country carried on? It was like bully
Bottom's stone wall. It certainly could not be a very high
wall, nor a very long wall, if it only consisted of six."

1884. G. W. Rusden, `History of Australia,' vol. iii. p. 405:

"Abusing the heroic words of Stonewall Jackson, the Opposition
applied to themselves the epithet made famous by the gallant
Confederate General."

1894. `The Argus,' Jan. 26, p. 3, col. 5:

"The Tasmanians [sc. cricketers] do not as a rule stonewall."

<hw>Stonewood</hw>, <i>n</i>. <i>Callistemon salignus</i>,
De C., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>; called also the <i>River
Tea-tree</i>.

1894. `Melbourne Museum Catalogue--Economic Woods,' No. 48:

"Stonewood."

<hw>Store</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bullock, cow, or sheep bought to be
fattened for the market.

1874. W. H. L. Ranken, `Dominion of Australia,' c. xiii.
p. 233:

"They then, if `stores,' pass to the rich salt-bush country of
Riverina."

<hw>Store-cattle</hw>, <i>n</i>. lean cattle bought to be
fattened for the market; often contracted to <i>stores</i>
(q.v.).

1885. R. M. Praed, `Head-Station,' p. 74:

"Oh, we're not fit for anything but store-cattle: we are all
blady grass."

<hw>Stranger</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Victoria and
Tasmania to the <i>Rock-Whiting</i>, <i>Odax richardsoni</i>,
Gunth., family <i>Labridae</i>. The <i>Stranger</i>, which is
a marine fish, is caught occasionally in the fresher water of
the upper estuary of the Derwent; hence its name.
See <i>Whiting</i>.

1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), June 19, 1881, p. 1:

"Common fish such as . . . garfish, strangers, silvers, and
others.'

<hw>Stringy-bark</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) any one of various
<i>Gums</i>, with a tough fibrous bark used for tying,
for cordage, for roofs of huts, etc.

1845. J. O. Balfour, `Sketch of New South Wales,' p. 37:

"The string bark [sic] tree is also useful