Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In New Zealand, the manoao, Dacrydium Colensoi. See
manoao .
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- noun New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
- noun New Zealand shrub
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King Hake of Sweden cuts and slashes in battle, as long as he can stand, then orders his war-ship, loaded with his dead men and their weapons, to be taken out to sea, the tiller shipped, and the sails spread; being left alone, he sets fire to some tarwood, and lies down contented on deck.
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