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1. adat, n. View full entry 1783
...In the Islamic regions of South-East Asia: custom, accepted practice; (also) customary law....
2. agar-agar, n. View full entry 1769
...Any of various red algae from which agar may be extracted (cf. agarophyte); esp. any of several South-East Asian seaweeds of the genera Gracilaria and ...
3. atua, n. View full entry 1769
...A Polynesian name for a supernatural being, god, or demon....
4. bilimbi, n. View full entry 1790
...A tree (Averrhoa Bilimbi, family Oxalidaceæ), growing in India and Sri Lanka, which yields a juice used as a native cure for skin-diseases; (also) the fruit of this...
5. caddy, n.1 View full entry 1792
...A small box for holding tea. Usually tea-caddy....
6. cutch, n.1 View full entry 1759
...The commercial name of the catechu obtained from Acacia Catechu, used in tanning, etc....
7. Dusun, n. and adj. View full entry 1783
...doosoon, dusun. In Malaysia, a village or settlement; (an area of) cultivated land....
8. gecko, n. View full entry 1774
...A house-lizard, found in the warmer regions of both hemispheres, remarkable for its peculiar cry, and for its power of climbing walls....
9. ˈgong-ˌgong, n. View full entry 1771
...Any of various musical instruments of percussion, of China, West Africa, etc....
10. gum-gum, n. View full entry 1700
...A hollow iron bowl, which is struck with an iron or wooden stick; a series of the same, varying in size and tone....
11. haeremai, n. View full entry 1769
...A Maori term of welcome....
12. iiwi, n. View full entry 1784
...A Hawaiian bird, the honeycreeper Vestiaria coccinea, whose red feathers were formerly used to make the cloaks of native chiefs....
13. ipoh, n. View full entry 1779
...The upas tree, Antiaris toxicaria, or a creeping shrub, Strychnos ignatii, both of which are native to SE. Asia and have a poisonous sap; also, the poison itself....
14. kain, n. View full entry 1783
...Cloth, a piece of cloth. Usu. with defining word following (see quots.)....
15. kaka, n. View full entry c1774
...A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, esp. the typical species Nestor meridionalis; its general colour is olive-brown, varied with red or yellow....
16. kanari, n. View full entry 1779
...An East Indian tree of the genus Canarium (family Burseraceæ), producing edible nuts, from which oil is extracted. Also attrib....
17. kapok, n. View full entry 1735
...A large tropical tree, Ceiba casearia; silk cotton, the fibre produced from the soft covering of the seeds within its fruit, used to stuff mattresses, cushions, etc. Also attrib....
18. kati, n. View full entry 1727
...= catty...
19. kidang, n. View full entry 1783
...The Malay name for the Indian muntjac or barking deer, Muntiacus muntjak....
20. kleywang, n. View full entry 1783
...A single-edged Indonesian sword....
