"The razor-grinder, fitly so called from making a grinding noise as it wavers in one position a foot or two from the ground."
<hw>Ready up</hw>, <i>v</i>. See quotation.
1893. `The Age,' Nov. 25, p. 13, col. 2:
"<i>Mr. Purees</i>: A statement has been made that is very serious. It has been said that a great deal has been `readied up' for the jury by the present commissioners. That is a charge which, if true, amounts to embracery.
"<i>His Honor</i>: I do not know what `readying up' means.
"<i>Mr. Purves</i>: It is a colonial expression, meaning that something is prepared with an object. If you `ready up' a racehorse, you are preparing to lose, or if you `ready up' a pack of cards, you prepare it for dealing certain suits."
<hw>Red Bass</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish of Moreton Bay (q.v.), <i>Mesoprion superbus</i>, Castln., family <i>Percidae</i>.
<hw>Redberry</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to Australian plants of the genus <i>Rhagodia</i>, bearing spikes or panicles of red berries. Called also <i>Seaberry</i>. See also <i>Saloop-bush</i>.
<hw>Red-bill</hw>, <i>n</i>. bird-name given to <i>Estrelda temporalis</i>, Lath. It is also applied to the <i>Oyster-catchers</i> (q.v.); and sometimes to the <i>Swamp-Hen</i> (q.v.).
1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' p. 345: