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1. aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1820
...An utterance of ‘aloha’ (see sense B.); an expression of welcome or farewell. Also: good wishes; love, affection....
2. aweto, n. View full entry 1889
...The vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand, consisting of a fungus which fastens upon caterpillars and mummifies them; dried and burnt it produces a pigment....
3. baju, n. View full entry 1820
...A short loose jacket worn in Malaya....
4. batik, n. View full entry 1880
...The Javanese art and method (introduced into England by way of Holland) of executing designs on textiles by covering the material with wax in a pattern, dyeing the parts left exposed, and...
5. bilian, n. View full entry 1812
...The ironwood of Borneo....
6. boondock, n. View full entry 1944
...Rough country; jungle; an isolated or wild region. Usu. in pl. Also attrib....
7. † cayolac | cayelac | cayolaque, n. View full entry 1588
...(See quots.)...
8. dedes, n. View full entry 1817
...Musk obtained from the rasse....
9. gambier, n. View full entry 1800
...An astringent, tannin-rich substance obtained from the tropical Asian climbing plant Uncaria gambir (family Rubiaceae), used as a component of betel leaf and areca nut masticatories (cf. ...
10. gnatoo, n. View full entry 1817
...(See quot. 1817.)...
11. hei-tiki, n. View full entry 1835
...A greenstone neck-ornament worn by Maoris....
12. holoku, n. View full entry 1893
...A long gown with a train as worn in Hawaii....
13. ikat, n. View full entry 1931
...A technique of fabric decoration common in Indonesia and Malaysia, in which warp or weft threads, or both, are tied at intervals and dyed before weaving; also, a fabric of this kind....
14. jadam, n. View full entry 1907
...A type of silver or brass niello ware from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra: used esp. for decorating belt-buckles....
15. Japan, n. View full entry 1577
...The name of an island nation (formerly an empire) situated off the east coast of Asia....
16. kain, n. View full entry 1783
...Cloth, a piece of cloth. Usu. with defining word following (see quots.)....
17. kaitaka, n. View full entry 1882
...A flaxen cloak worn by Maoris....
18. kajang, n. View full entry a1811
...Matting made from the leaves of palms or pandanus....
19. kapur, n. View full entry 1935
...A large dipterocarp timber tree of the genus Dryobalanops, esp. D. aromatica, native to Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo; also, the wood of a tree of this kind....
20. kempas, n. View full entry 1839
...A hardwood timber tree, Koompassia malaccensis, native to Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo; also, the wood of this tree....
