oradgees, who are their wise men, have, they suppose,
the power of healing and foretelling. Each tribe possesses one
of these learned pundits, and if their wisdom were in proportion
to their age, they would indeed be Solons."

1865. S. Bennett, `Australian Discovery,' p. 250:

"Kiradjee, a doctor; Grk. <i>cheirourgos</i>. Persian,
khoajih. English, surgeon. Old English (obsolete),
chirurgeon."

[Curious and impossible etymology.]

1865. W. Howitt, `Discovery in Australia, vol. i. p. 287:

"One who seemed a coradge, or priest, went through a strange
ceremony of singing, and touching his eyebrows, nose, and
breast, crossing himself, and pointing to the sky like an old
Druid."

1885. R. M. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 23:

"The korradgees, or medicine men, are the chief repositories
(of the secrets of their religion)."

1892. J. Fraser, `Aborigines of New South Wales,' p. 63:

"For some diseases, the kar'aji, or native doctor when he is
called in, makes passes with his hand over the sick man, much
in the same way as a mesmerist will do . . . Our Australian
karaji is highly esteemed, but not paid."

<hw>Korari</hw>, <i>n</i>. often pronounced <i>Koladdy</i>
and <i>Koladdy</i>, and spelt variously; the Maori word for
the flowering stem of <i>Phormium tenax</i>, J. and G. Forst.
(q.v.), generally used for making a <i>mokihi</i> (q.v.).
There is a Maori noun, <i>kora</i>, a small fragment;
and a verb <i>korari</i>, to pluck a twig, or tear it off.

1879. `Old Identity' [Title]:

"The Old Identities of the Province of Otago."

[p. 53]: "A <i>kolladie</i> (the flower stalk of the flax,
about seven feet long) carried by each, as a balancing pole or
staff."

1893. Daniel Frobisher, `Sketches of Gossipton,' p. 75:

"But now the faithful brute is gone;
Through bush and fern and flax <i>koladdy</i>,
Where oft he bunny pounced upon,
No more will follow me, poor Paddy."

<hw>Korero</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori for a conference,
a conversation. The verb means "to tell, to say, to address,
to speak, to talk." (`Williams' Maori Dictionary,' 4th. ed.)

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'
(Church Missionary Society), p. 168:

"Korero, <i>s</i>. a speaking; <i>v. n</i>. speaking."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' c. i.
p. 78:

"There were about sixty men assembled, and they proceeded to
hold a `korero,' or talk on the all-important subject."

Ibid. p. 81: