>Taxaceae</i>, more commonly
known by the name of Joint Firs. Height 150 to 180 feet,
rising sixty feet and upward without a branch."

1876: W. Blair, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'
vol. ix. art. 10, p. 160:

"This timber is known in all the provinces, except Otago, by
the native name of `kahikatea'. I think we should adopt it
also, not only on account of being more euphonious, but for
the reason that so many timbers in other parts of the world
are called white-pine."

1873. `Appendix to Journal of House of Representatives,'
vol. iii. G. 7, p. 11:

"On the purchased land stands, or lately stood, a small
kahikatea bush. . . . The wood appears to have been of no
great money value, but the natives living in Tareha's pa
depended upon it for their supply of fire-wood."

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 124:

[It is Sir James Hector who assigns the tree to
<i>Coniferae</i>, not <i>Taxaceae</i>.]

1888. Cassell's' Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iii. p. 210:

"The White Pine or kahikatea is a very beautiful tree, and
droops its dark feathery foliage in a way which recalls the
graceful branches of the English elm-tree."

<hw>Kahikatoa</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for /a/ New Zealand
shrub, but no longer used by the settlers.

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 126:

"Kahikatoa, <i>tea-tree</i> of Cook. <i>Leptospermum
scoparium</i>, Forst., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>."

<hw>Kahikomako</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name [shortened into
<i>kaikomako</i>] for a New Zealand timber, <i>Pennantia
corymbosa</i>, <i>N.O. Olacineae</i>; called also
<i>Ribbonwood</i> (q.v.).

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 130:

"Kahikomako, a small, very graceful tree, with white
sweet-smelling flowers; height twenty to thirty feet.
Wood used by the Maoris for kindling fires by friction."

<hw>Kai</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori word for <i>food</i>; used also
in the South Sea islands. <i>Kai-kai</i> is an English
adaptation for feasting.

1807. J. Savage, `Some Account of New Zealand,' Vocab.
p. 75:

"Kiki . . . food." [The <i>i</i> has the English not the
Italian sound.]

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'
(Church Missionary Society), p. 157:

"Kai, <i>s</i>. victuals, support, etc.; <i>a</i>. eatable."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 29:

"He explained to us that every one would cry very much, and
then there would be very muc