kauri gum

British  

noun

1. a hard resin from the kauri tree, found usually as a fossil in the soil where an extinct tree once grew: used chiefly in making varnishes

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kauri gum

In New Zealand kauri gum diggers are becoming impoverished.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the exports for 1897 were: 2,700,000 frozen sheep and lambs; 66,000 cwt. cheese, and 71,000 cwt butter; £433,000 worth of kauri gum; £427,000 worth of grain.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

The kauri gum forms a large figure in the table of exports from Auckland, and the digging and preparation of it for market, as we have shown, gives employment to many persons.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The men tattoo their faces, hips, and thighs; the women their upper lips; for this purpose charcoal made from kauri gum is chiefly used.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various

The British slept that night without tents round fires of kauri gum, but next morning all was astir for the attack.

From History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 by Sutherland, Alexander