<hw>Blue-pointer</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name given in New South
Wales to a species of Shark, <i>Lamna glauca</i>, Mull. and
Heule, family <i>Lamnidae</i>, which is not confined to
Australasia.
1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,' p. 95:
"On the appearance of a `blue pointer' among boats fishing for schnapper outside, the general cry is raised, `Look out for the blue pointer.' . . . These are high swimming fishes, and may be readily seen when about pushing their pursuits; the beautiful azure tint of their back and sides, and independent manner they have of swimming rapidly and high among the boats in search of prey, are means of easy recognition, and they often drive the fishermen away."
<hw>Bluestone</hw>, <i>n</i>. a kind of dark stone of which many houses and public buildings are built.
1850. `The Australasian' (Quarterly), Oct. [Footnote], p. 138:
"The ancient Roman ways were paved with polygonal blocks of a stone not unlike the trap or bluestone around Melbourne."
1855. R. Brough Smyth, `Transactions of Philosophical Society, Victoria,' vol. i. p. 25:
"The basalt or `bluestone,' which is well adapted to structural purposes, and generally obtains where durability is desired."
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook to New Zealand,' p. 62:
"Basalts, locally called `bluestones,' occur of a quality useful for road-metal, house-blocks, and ordinary rubble masonry."