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

<hw>Whaler</hw>, <i>n</i>. used specifically as slang for a <i>Sundowner</i> (q.v.); one who cruises about.

1893. `Sydney Morning Herald,' Aug. 12, p. 8. col. 8:

"The nomad, the `whaler,' it is who will find the new order hostile to his vested interest of doing nothing."

<hw>Whaler/2</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Sydney to the Shark, <i>Carcharias brachyurus</i>, Gunth., which is not confined to Australasia.

<hw>Whare</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori word for a house; a dissyllable, variously spelt, rhyming with `quarry.' It is often quaintly joined with English words; e.g. a <i>sod-whare</i>, a cottage built with sods. In a Maori vocabulary, the following are given: <i>whare-kingi</i>, a castle; <i>whare-karakia</i>, a church; <i>whare-here</i>, the lock-up.

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand' (Church Missionary Society), p. 225:

"Ware, <i>s</i>. a house, a covering."

1833. `Henry Williams' Journal: Carleton's Life,' p. 151:

"The Europeans who were near us in a raupo <i>whare</i> (rush house)."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 26: