and obtains the name of
<i>lerp</i> among the aborigines. At certain seasons of the
year it is very abundant on the leaves of <i>E. dumosa</i>,
or mallee scrub . . ."

<hw>Lift</hw>, <i>v. tr</i>. to drive to market from the run.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. iv. p. 45:

"I haven't lifted a finer mob this season."

1890. `The Argus,' June 14, p. 4, col. 2:

"We lifted 7000 sheep."

<hw>Light-horseman</hw>, <i>n</i>. obsolete name for a fish;
probably the fish now called a <i>Sweep</i> (q.v.).

1789. W. Tench, `Expedition to Botany Bay,' p. 129:

"The French once caught [in Botany Bay] near two thousand fish
in one day, of a species of grouper, to which, from the form of
a bone in the head resembling a helmet, we have given the name
of light horseman."

1793. J. Hunter, `Voyage,' p. 410 [Aboriginal Vocabulary]:

"Woolamie, a fish called a light-horseman."
[But see <i>Wollomai</i>.]

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. iv.
p. 78:

"A boat belonging to the Sirius caught near fifty large fish,
which were called light-horsemen from a bone that grew out of
the head like a helmet."

<hw>Lightwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name given to various trees.
See <i>Blackwood</i>. It is chiefly applied to <i>Acacia
melanoxylon</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>. See
quotations, 1843 and 1889.

1843. I. Backhouse. `Narrative of a Visit to the Australian
Colonies,' p. 48:

"Lightwood--<i>Acacia Melanoxylon</i> . . . It derives its
name from swimming in water, while the other woods of
V. D. Land, except the pines, generally sink. In some parts of
the Colony it is called Blackwood, on account of its dark
colour."

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes' (edition 1855), p. 515:

"Some immense logs of `light wood,' <i>a non lucendo</i>,
darker than mahogany."

1864. J. Rogers, `New Rush,' p. 17:

"Arms so brown and bare, to look at them
Recalls to mind the lightwood's rugged stem."

1866. H. Simcox, `Rustic Rambles,' p. 54:

"The numerous lightwood trees with sombre shade
Tend to enhance the richness of the glade."

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. xv. p. 111:

"The ex-owner of Lyne wished himself back among the old
lightwood trees."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 359:

"Called `Blackwood' on account of the very dark colour of the
mature wood. It is sometimes called `Lightwood' (chiefly in
South Tasmania, while the other name is