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paua N.Z.|ˈpɑːwə|
Also pawa.
[Maori.]
A large gastropod mollusc of the genus Haliotis, esp. H. iris, which attaches itself to rocks by suction and is sometimes collected and used for food. Also attrib. Cf. abalone, ormer.
[1820Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z. (Church Missionary Soc.) 191 Paua, s. a shell-fish so called.] 1846C. Heaphy Jrnl. 6 Apr. in N. M. Taylor Early Travellers N.Z. (1959) 211 The mutton fish, or pawa, although resembling india rubber in toughness and colour, is very excellent and substantial food for explorers. Ibid. July 244 At Tunupoho we obtained twenty paua or ‘mutton fish’. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) i. ii. 13 The shores [of the Chatham Islands] yielded quantities of shell fish which included the paua. 1959M. Shadbolt New Zealanders 120 He would feel underwater, knife in hand, for the pauas. Ibid. 125 He heard them talking quietly in the kitchen as they prepared the meal, hammering soft the paua-steaks. 1963Times 12 Jan. 1/5 This exotic New Zealand delicacy prepared from Paua (Par-War) Clams delicately flavoured with Asparagus is now obtainable from leading delicatessen and high-class food stores throughout the United Kingdom. 1966J. K. Baxter Pig Island Lett. 13 A corrugated shack With fried pauas in the pan.
2. In full, paua shell. The oval shell of this mollusc, which may be as much as six inches long and two deep, distinguished by the row of holes along the back and the blue, green, and pink nacreous lining, which is used to make jewellery or other ornaments.
1873J. H. H. St. John Pakeha Rambles through Maori Lands vii. 131 The eyes [of a carving] are formed of the inner coating of the ‘pawa’ shell, a kind of blueish mother of pearl. 1882T. H. Potts Out in Open 162 Immense heaps of paua shells..show how largely these substantial mollusks were consumed. 1920‘K. Mansfield’ Bliss 43 Chocolate custard which she had decided to serve in the pawa shell. 1931Times Educ. Suppl. 11 July p. ii, (caption) Elaborate carving on a gateway of a Maori village... The white spots are pieces of pawa shell let into the wood. 1936‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King xvii. 203 The women cut their flesh with thin paua shell. 1936N. Marsh Death in Ecstasy ii. 22 A figure carved in wood with protruding tongue and eyes made of pawa shell. 1949E. de Mauny Huntsman in Career ii. 104 On top of the bookcase were pawa shell ashtrays. 1958S. Ashton-Warner Spinster 162 The released mind revolves, flashing different colours like a paua. 1959M. Shadbolt New Zealanders 157 The large clean paua-shell ashtray gleaming copper and purple colours. |