keake, Maori name for either
of two small trees, (1) <i>Dodonaea viscosa</i>, Linn., in New
Zealand; (2) <i>Olearia traversii</i>, F. v. M., in the Chatham
Islands. Ake is originally a Maori <i>adv</i>. meaning
"onwards, in time." Archdeacon Williams, in his `Dictionary of
New Zealand Language,' says <i>Ake</i>, <i>Ake</i>, <i>Ake</i>,
means " for ever and ever." (Edition 182.)

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand' (Church
Missionary Society), p.133:

"Akeake, <i>paulo post futurum</i>"

1835. W. Yale, `Some Account of New Zealand,' p. 47:

"Aki, called the <i>Lignum vitae</i> of New Zealand."

1851. Mrs. Wilson, `New Zealand,' p. 43:

"The ake and towai . . . are almost equal, in point of colour,
to rosewood."

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook to New Zealand,' p. 131:

"Ake, a small tree, 6 to 12 feet high. Wood very hard,
variegated, black and white; used for Maori clubs; abundant in
dry woods and forests."

<hw>Alarm-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird-name no longer used in
Australia. There is an African Alarm-bird.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi. pl. 9:

"<i>Lobivanellus lobatus</i> (Lath.), Wattled Pewit, Alarm Bird of
the Colonists."

<hw>Alectryon</hw>, <i>n</i>. a New Zealand tree and flower,
<i>Alectryon excelsum</i>, De C., Maori name <i>Titoki</i>
(q.v.); called also the <i>New Zealand Oak</i>, from the
resemblance of its leaves to those of an oak. Named by
botanists from Grk. <i>'alektruown</i>, a cock.

1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' I. 7, p. 16:

"The early season could not yet
Have ripened the alectryon's beads of jet,
Each on its scarlet strawberry set."

<hw>Alexandra Palm</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Queensland tree,
<i>Ptychosperma alexandrae</i>, F. v. M. A beautifully marked
wood much used for making walking sticks. It grows 70 or 80
feet high.

<hw>Alluvial</hw>, <i>n</i>. the common term in Australia and
New Zealand for gold-bearing alluvial soil. The word is also
used adjectivally as in England.

1889. Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. 403:

"The whole of the alluvial will be taken up, and the Terrible
Hollow will re-echo with the sound of pick and shovel."

<hw>Ambrite</hw> (generally called <B>ambrit</B>), <i>n</i>.
Mineral [from amber + ite, mineral formative, `O.E.D.'], a
fossil resin found in masses amidst lignite coals in various
parts of New Zealand. Some identify it with the resin of
<i>Dammara australis</i>, generally called