Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

1878. `The Australian,' vol. i. p. 418:

"Crimean shirts, blankets, and all they `shake,'
Which I'm told's another name for `take.'"

<hw>Shamrock, Australian</hw>, <i>n</i>. a perennial, fragrant, clover-like plant, <i>Trigonella suavissima</i>, Lindl., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>; excellent as forage. Called also <i>Menindie Clover</i> (aboriginal name, <i>Calomba</i>). See <i>Clover</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 143:

"It is the `Australian shamrock' of Mitchell."

<hw>Shamrock, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. a forage plant, <i>Lotus australis</i>, Andr., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>. Called <i>Native Shamrock</i> in Tasmania.

<hw>Shanghai</hw>, <i>n</i>. a catapult. Some say because used against Chinamen. The reason seems inadequate.

1863. `The Leader,' Oct. 24, p. 17, col. 1:

"Turn, turn thy shanghay dread aside,
Nor touch that little bird."

1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), May 15, p. 22, col. 1: