eat it with relish. It is sometimes
even roasted and eaten by white children.

1894. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 191:

"Dr. Stirling writes . . . [The marsupial mole] was fed on
the `witchetty' (a kind of grub) . . . two or three small
grubs, or a single large one, being given daily."

<hw>Wiwi</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a jointed rush.

1842. W. R. Wade, `A Journey in the Northern Island of New
Zealand,' `New Zealand Reader,' p. 122:

"The roof is usually completed with a thick coating of wiwi
(a small rush), and then the sides receive a second coating
of raupo, and sometimes of the wiwi over all."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 380:

"[The walls] were lined outside with the wiwi or fine grass."

[See also <i>Raupo</i>, 1843 quotation.]

<hw>Wiwi/2</hw>, <i>n</i>. slang name for a Frenchman,
from "<i>Oui, Oui</i>!"

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 94:

"If I had sold the land to the white missionaries, might they
not have sold it again to the Wiwi (Frenchmen) or Americans."

1857. C. Hursthouse, `New Zealand, the Britain of the South,'
vol. i. p. 14:

"De Surville's painful mode of revenge, and the severe
chastisement which the retaliatory murder of Marion brought on
the natives, rendered the Wee-wees (Oui, oui), or people of the
tribe of Marion, hateful to the New Zealanders for the next
half-century."

1859. A. S. Thomson, `Story of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 236:

"Before the Wewis, as the French are now called, departed."

1873. H. Carleton, `Life of Henry Williams,' p. 92:

"The arrival of a French man-of-war was a sensational event
to the natives, who had always held the Oui-oui's in dislike."

1881. Anon., `Percy Pomo,' p. 207:

"Has [sic] the Weewees puts it."

<hw>Wiwi/3</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for a native weapon.

1845. Charles Griffith, `Present State and Prospects of the
Port Phillip District of New South Wales,' p. 155:

"The wiwi is an instrument not so well known. It is composed
of a long straight withy, about two feet long, to which is
attached a head, made of a piece of wood four inches long,
in the shape of two cones joined together at the base . . .
This they strike against the ground, at a little distance to
one side of them, whence it rises at right angles to its first
direction, and flies with the swiftness of an arrow for about
one hundred yards, and at a height of about ten