in,
and is much prized for flooring and for the decks of vessels,
as it is reputed never to shrink after a moderate seasoning."
(`Century.') Usually called <i>Mahogany-tree</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Coolaman</hw> or <hw>Kooliman</hw>, <i>n</i>. an aboriginal
word, Kamilaroi Dialect of New South Wales. [W. Ridley,
`Kamilaroi,' p. 25, derives it from <i>Kulu</i>, seed, but it
is just as likely from <i>Kolle</i>, water.--J. Mathew.] A
hollowed knot of a tree, used as a seed vessel, or for holding
water. The word is applied to the excrescence on the tree as
well as to the vessel; a bush hand has been heard to speak of a
hump-backed man as `cooliman-backed.'

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 269:

"Three koolimans (vessels of stringy bark) were full of honey
water, from one of which I took a hearty draught."

1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings among the Gum-trees,'
p. 37:

"And the beautiful Lubrina
Fetched a Cooliman of water."

[In Glossary.] Cooliman, a hollow knot of a tree for holding
water.

186. W. Howitt, `Discovery in Australia, vol. ii. p. 24:

"Koolimans, water vessels. . . The koolimans were made of the
inner layer of the bark of the stringy-bark tree."

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. ii. p. 185:

"Coolaman, native vessel for holding water."

1885. Mrs. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 76:

"Cooliman, a vessel for carrying water, made out of the bark
which covers an excrescence peculiar to a kind of gum-tree."

<hw>Cooper's-flag</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name in New Zealand
for <i>Raupo</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Coopers-wood</hw>, <i>n</i>. the timber of an Australian
tree, <i>Alphitonia excelsa</i>, Reiss, <i>N.O. Rhamneae</i>.
The wood becomes dark with age, and is used for coopers' staves
and various purposes.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 373:

"Variously called Mountain-ash, Red-ash, Leather-jacket,
and Coopers-wood."

<hw>Coordaitcha</hw>. See <i>Kurdaitcha</i>.

<hw>Coot</hw>, <i>n</i>. common English birdname; the
Australian species is <i>Fulica australis</i>, Gould.
See also <i>Bald-Coot</i>.

<hw>Copper-head</hw>, <i>n</i>. See under <i>Snake</i>.

<hw>Copper Maori</hw>. This spelling has been influenced by
the English word <i>Copper</i>, but it is really a corruption
of a Maori word. There is a difference of opinion amongst
Maori scholars what this word is. Some say <i>Kapura</i>, a
common fire used for cooking, in contradisti