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ˈcutting grass
[cutting ppl. a.]
1. Any of several grasses or sedges of Australia and New Zealand having sharp-edged leaves or stems, esp. Gahnia psittacorum.
1831Hovell & Hume Journey of Discovery to Port Phillip 1824–25 61 They had the misfortune to encounter that species of long grass, which is known in the colony by the name of the ‘cutting grass’. 1858T. McCombie Hist. Victoria i. 8 Long grass, known as cutting-grass, between four and five feet high, the blade an inch and a half broad, the edges exquisitely sharp. 1894Age 19 Oct. 5/8 (Morris), ‘Cutting grass’ is the technical term for a hard, tough grass about eight or ten inches high, three-edged like a bayonet, which stock cannot eat because in their efforts to bite it off it cuts their mouths. 1968G. R. Cochrane et al. Flowers & Plants of Victoria 16/2 The leaves of many sedges will often cause deep cuts, and they are commonly referred to as sword grass or cutting grass.
2. = cane-rat (cane n.1 10).
1934Times Educ. Suppl. 31 Mar. p. iv/3 The Curator of Mammals was recently informed that some ‘cutting grass’ were being sent as a gift from West Africa... On arrival, they turned out to be three young great cane rats, or ‘ground hogs’. 1960Times 29 Sept. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. xxi/6 Roast cutting-grass. |