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

1859. H. Kingsley, `Geoffrey Hamlyn,' p. 298:

"The ground-parrot, green, with mottlings of gold and black, rose like a partridge from the heather, and flew low."

(2) Slang name for a small farmer. See <i>Cockatoo</i>, <i>n.</i> (2).

<hw>Ground-Thrush</hw>, <i>n.</i> name of birds found all over the world. The Australian species are—

<i>Geocincla lunulata</i>, Lath.

Broadbent Ground-Thrush—
<i>G. cuneata</i>.

Large-billed G.—
<i>G. macrorhyncha</i>, Gould.

Russet-tailed G.—
<i>G. heinii</i>, Cab.

<hw>Grub</hw>, <i>v</i>. to clear (ground) of the roots. To grub has long been English for to dig up by the roots. It is Australian to apply the word not to the tree but to the land.

1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 185: