Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An unimportant red papular eruption of infants. Also called
gum-rash and strophulus. - noun A disease of grain: same as
rust . - noun The resinous product of several eucalypts; Australian kino.
- noun A red-gum tree.
- noun See
Liquidambar , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus.
- noun A name of rust on grain. See
Rust .
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- noun medicine An
eruption ofred pimples in earlyinfancy ; tooth rash;strophulus . - noun
rust ongrain
Etymologies
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Examples
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A short time ago fifteen fine, red-gum logs 16 feet long were received from Sardis, Miss.
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They rode along for a few miles, keeping close to the river, which wound in and out, fringed with a thick belt of scrub, amongst which rose tall red-gum trees.
A Little Bush Maid Mary Grant Bruce 1918
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They rode along for a few miles, keeping close to the river, which wound in and out, fringed with a thick belt of scrub, amongst which rose tall red-gum trees.
A Little Bush Maid 1910
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It was a picturesque little building, made of heavy red-gum slabs, with a bark roof; the windows were merely square holes cut in the slabs, fitted with heavy wooden covers that now hung open, giving a view of the interior.
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But the ingenuity of Waddy was not exhausted: a few hundred feet of rope and a winch were borrowed from the Peep o 'Day; the rope was run round the schoolhouse, and the building was promptly hauled back into shape and fastened down with long timbers running from its sides to a convenient red-gum stump at the back.
The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Edward Dyson 1898
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The patient was bathing the wound with a decoction of the leaves of the red-gum tree.
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The patient was bathing the wound with a decoction of the leaves of the red-gum tree.
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The Doatta is a species of this class, and the bark of its root is much relished by the natives, having a sweet and pleasing taste, as is also the trunk of the red-gum; and its leaves, washed in water, form an agreeable beverage.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country Edward Wilson Landor 1844
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A few scattered red-gum trees, of the size of a well-grown ash, gave a park-like appearance to our paddock, of which we immediately felt extremely proud, and had no doubt of being very comfortable in our new domain.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country Edward Wilson Landor 1844
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Just a 25-minute taxi ride from the Opera House in Sydney's central business district, the trail climbs high onto a series of sandstone headlands then down to pristine beaches framed by red-gum forest.
The Seattle Times 2011
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