Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The resin which exudes from the thick bark of the kauri-pine. Masses weighing even 100 pounds are found in the soil where the trees have formerly grown. It is used in making varnish. Also kauri-resin, cowdie-gum.
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The kauri-gum forms a large figure in the list of exports from Auckland, and the digging and preparing of it for shipment gives employment to many persons.
Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
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