mlyn,' p. 147:

"Shearers were very scarce, and the poor sheep got fearfully
`tomahawked' by the new hands."

1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 96:

"Some men never get the better of this habit, but `tomahawk'
as badly after years of practice as when they first began."

1896. A. B. Paterson, `Man from Snowy River,' p. 162:

"The Shearers sat in the firelight, hearty and hale and strong,
After the hard day's shearing, passing the joke along
The `ringer' that shore a hundred, as they never were shorn
before,
And the novice who toiling bravely had tommyhawked half
a score."

<hw>Tommy-axe</hw>, <i>n</i>. a popular corruption of the word
<i>Tomahawk</i> (q.v.); it is an instance of the law of
Hobson-Jobson.

<hw>Tom Russell's Mahogany</hw>. See <i>Mahogany</i>.

<hw>Tomtit</hw>, <i>n</i>. name applied in New Zealand to two
New Zealand birds of the genus <i>Myiomoira</i>, the species
being <i>M. toitoi</i>, Garnot, in North Island;
<i>M. macrocephala</i>, Gmel., in South Island.

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 39:

[A full description.]

<hw>Tonquin Bean-Tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian variety of
<i>Native Sandalwood</i>; also called <i>Tonga Beanwood</i>.

1862. W. Archer, `Products and Resources of Tasmania,' p. 41:

"`Tonga Bean-wood (<i>Alyxia buxifolia</i>, Br.). The odour
is similar to that of the <i>Tonga Bean</i> (<i>Dipteryx
odorata</i>). A straggling seaside shrub, three to five inches
in diameter."

<hw>Tooart</hw>, or <hw>Tewart</hw>, <i>n</i>. a West
Australian name for <i>Eucalyptus gomphocephala</i>,
or <i>White Gum</i>. See <i>Gum</i>.

1870. T. H. Braim, `New Homes,' c. iv. p. 181:

`Another valuable tree is the tooart, a kind of white gum."

1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 187:

"The Tewart Tree (<i>Eucalyptus</i>), a variety of the White
Gum, found principally in the Swan River and King George's
Sound District of Western Australia. . . . Of straight growth
and noble dimensions. The wood is of a yellowish or straw
colour, hard, heavy, tough, strong and rigid. . . . It is used
in ship-building for beams, keelsons, stern-posts,
engine-bearers, and for other works below the line of
flotation."

<hw>Tookytook</hw>, <i>n</i>. a corruption of <i>Kotukutuku</i>
(q.v.), a Maori name equivalent to <i>Konini</i>, the fruit of
the <i>Fuchsia-tree</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Toot</hw>, <i>n</i>. the anglicised spelling