Moreton Bayn.

Brit.

/ˌmɔːt(ə)n ˈbeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌmɔrtn ˈbeɪ/,

/ˌmɔrdən ˈbeɪ/, Australian English

/ˌmɔːt(ə)n ˈbæe/,

/ˌmɔːd(ə)n ˈbæe/

Forms: 1800s– Moreton Bay, 1900s– Morton Bay.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Moreton Bay.

Etymology: < the name of Moreton Bay, a large bay in southern Queensland, Australia, named in 1770 by Captain Cook < the name of James Douglas, fourteenth Earl of Morton (spelt Moreton in the published account of Cook's voyages), who had been instrumental in sending Cook in search of Australia + bay n.²The name Moreton Bay (district) was formerly applied to Queensland before its separation from New South Wales in 1859.

Chiefly Australian.

I. Compounds.

1. In the names of trees first found in the district of Moreton Bay, Queensland.

a. Moreton Bay pine n. the hoop pine, Araucaria cunninghamii, of coastal New South Wales and Queensland.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > other conifers

juniper1748

bald cypress1785

Norfolk Island pine1803

Norfolk pine1804

taxodium1821

kahikatea1823

Moreton Bay pine1826

mai1831

matai1831

white pine1833

podocarp1846

black rue1864

plum fir1866

cephalotaxus1883

hoop-pine1884

mountain hemlock1884

tide-land spruce1891

kahika1921

Leyland's cypress1933

Metasequoia1941

1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales 13 Moreton Bay Pine—found in great abundance at Moreton Bay.

1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales xv. 33 (heading) Araucaria. (Natural Order Coniferae.)..A. Cunninghamii.—Moreton Bay Pine; Colonial Pine; Hoop Pine.—A noble tree with a pyramidal or somewhat flattened head.

1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby ix. 251 Queensland! the home of the red pine and the kauripine, the red cedar, the Moreton Bay pine, and black-bean.

1981 F. B. Hora Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 88/1 The wood of Araucaria..is easy to work. Araucaria araucana, A. bidwillii (Bunya-Bunya) and A. cunninghamii, (Moreton Bay Pine or Hoop Pine) are the most important timber trees.

b. Moreton Bay chestnut n. a large evergreen tree, Castanospermum australe (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)) of eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, having racemes of yellow flowers and large woody pods containing poisonous seeds; (also) the dark brown wood of this tree. Also called black bean.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens

pine1788

angophora1804

ohia1815

pate1832

pohutukawa1832

Moreton Bay chestnut1836

Olearia1839

horopito1847

ramarama1848

matipo1853

white pine1856

musk tree1866

manoao1867

patete1867

puka1867

rangiora1867

tawhiri1872

tarata1876

lemon-wood1879

Otago ivy-tree1883

horizontal1888

lehua1888

inanga1889

mountain pine1889

puka1889

Queensland kauri1889

sheep-bush1889

wilga1889

mutton-bird tree1891

tree-daisy1926

1836 J. Blackhouse Extracts from Lett. (1838) iii. 57 Some of the pods of the Moreton Bay chesnut [sic], which is a fine tree, with leaves like those of the European walnuts, are ten inches long and eight round.

1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 40 C[astanospermum] australe—Moreton Bay Chestnut; Bean Tree.—A beautiful tree, attaining a height of 130 feet and a diameter of 5 feet.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 259 One of the chief vegetable foods of the blacks is the fruit of ‘tindaburra’ (Moreton Bay chestnut—Castanospermum australe).

1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 286 Blackbean is an Australian wood, also referred to as Moreton Bay Chestnut.

1982 K. McArthur Bush in Bloom 124 The Moreton Bay Chestnut (castanospermum) is still scattering its red and yellow blossoms over the forest floor.

c. Moreton Bay ash n. a eucalypt with tessellated bark, Eucalyptus tessellaris, of Queensland, northern New South Wales, and New Guinea.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees

yellow box1662

gum tree1676

white gum tree1733

whip-stick1782

peppermint1790

red gum tree1790

red mahogany1798

white gum1798

box1801

blue gum1802

eucalyptus1809

box tree1819

black-butted gum1820

bloodwood1827

white ash1830

blackbutt1833

morrel1837

mountain ash1837

mallee scrub1845

apple gum1846

flooded gum1847

Moreton Bay ash1847

mallee1848

swamp gum1852

box-gum1855

manna gum1855

white top1856

river gum1860

grey box1861

woolly butt1862

marlock1863

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red ironbark1867

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yapunyah1878

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forest mahogany1884

yellow jack1884

rose gum1885

Jimmy Low1887

nankeen gum1889

slaty gum1889

sugar-gum1889

apple box1890

Murray red gum1895

creek-gum1898

eucalyptian1901

forest red gum1904

river red gum1920

napunyah1921

whitewash gum1923

ghost gum1928

snow gum1928

Sydney blue gum1932

salmon gum1934

lapunyah1940

1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. 75 The Moreton Bay Ash (a species of Eucalyptus)..was here also very plentiful.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 15 Moreton Bay ash and other eucalypts.

1944 F. Clune Red Heart 64 Here he saw a Moreton Bay ash tree blazed with the letter L, made on Leichhardt's 1846 expedition.

d. Moreton Bay fig n. (a) any of several fig trees bearing axillary figs, native to eastern Australia; esp. the large Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark, often planted for shade; (b) [rhyming slang for fizgig n.] , an informer.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > fig-tree > types of

sycamore13..

sycamore-tree13..

sycamore-fig1615

Moreton Bay fig1849

Port Jackson fig1875

Pharaoh's fig1884

Illawarra1904

adam's fig1907

Moreton Bay1953

1849 J. Pattison New S. Wales 95 The oak, the elm, and those of the mother country, are seen growing along side the Moreton Bay fig.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 173/2 The Moreton Bay fig-tree has immense wall-like abutments.

1933 D. G. Stead Tree Bk. xxii. 89 A species with large glossy leaves is the well-known Moreton Bay Fig, which..is so hardy.

1953 S. J. Baker Austral. Speaks 134 Moreton Bay (fig), any witness who lays an information, anyone who unwarrantably attends to or meddles in the affairs of others; by rhyme of gig..which may be a contraction of fiz-gig, an informer.

1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 59/1 The small-leaved Moreton Bay fig (F. platypoda) is the most widely distributed of all the Australian species.

1970 King's Cross Whisper (Sydney) No. 83. 3/1 On the plant side, conservationists are desperately trying to save the Moreton Bay Fig (gig) and the tea leaf (thief).

1975 Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Apr. 46/2 Moreton Bay Figs; gigs, meaning busybodies.

1991 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 29 Sept. 33/1 Moreton Bay fig trees have no place in suburban gardens, but there are many in parks and picnic reserves.

2. Moreton Bay bug n. any of various large marine decapod crustaceans valued for their edible tail flesh; esp. Thenus orientalis (family Scyllaridae) of northern Australia.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of family Scyllaridae

locust lobster1778

crawfish1860

kreef1863

Moreton Bay bug1970

1970 A. Healy & J. Yaldwyn Austral. Crustaceans 58 The ‘Balmain bug’ of New South Wales and the similar-looking ‘Moreton Bay bug’, Thenus orientalis, of Queensland and Northern Australia, are both taken with prawn trawls.

1993 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 23 June 29/3 Our entree selections included Moreton Bay bugs with mango, sweet basil and pickled papaw which were delicious as well as suitably low kilojoule.

II. Simple uses.

3. Australian slang. = Moreton Bay fig n. (b) at sense 1d; (also) a victim of a confidence trick.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe

foola1382

woodcockc1430

geckc1530

cousinc1555

cokes1567

milch cow1582

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martin1591

gull1594

plover1599

rook1600

gull-finch1604

cheatee1615

goata1616

whirligig1624

chouse1649

coll1657

cully1664

bubble1668

lamb1668

Simple Simon?1673

mouth1680

dupe1681

cull1698

bub1699

game1699

muggins1705

colour1707

milk cow1727

flat1762

gulpin1802

slob1810

gaggee1819

sucker1838

hoaxee1840

softie1850

foozle1860

lemon1863

juggins1882

yob1886

patsy1889

yapc1894

fall guy1895

fruit1895

meemaw1895

easy mark1896

lobster1896

mark1896

wise guy1896

come-on1897

pushover1907

John1908

schnookle1908

Gretchen1913

jug1914

schnook1920

soft touch1924

prospect1931

steamer1932

punter1934

dill1941

Joe Soap1943

possum1945

Moreton Bay1953

easy touch1959

sycamore13..

sycamore-tree13..

sycamore-fig1615

Moreton Bay fig1849

Port Jackson fig1875

Pharaoh's fig1884

Illawarra1904

adam's fig1907

Moreton Bay1953

1953 S. J. Baker Austral. Speaks v. 134 Morton Bay (fig), any witness who lays an information, anyone who unwarrantably attends to or meddles in the affairs of others;..an informer.

1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) xii. 267 Moreton Bay, a trickster's victim or gay.

1984 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 June 69/1 Fifty percent of the Drug Squad's arrests are based on information received and woebetide a user, supplier or anyone else who becomes a dog, a gig or, as the police term it, a Moreton Bay.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moreton bay
释义	Moreton Bayn. Brit. /ˌmɔːt(ə)n ˈbeɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɔrtn ˈbeɪ/, /ˌmɔrdən ˈbeɪ/, Australian English /ˌmɔːt(ə)n ˈbæe/, /ˌmɔːd(ə)n ˈbæe/ Forms: 1800s– Moreton Bay, 1900s– Morton Bay. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Moreton Bay. Etymology: < the name of Moreton Bay, a large bay in southern Queensland, Australia, named in 1770 by Captain Cook < the name of James Douglas, fourteenth Earl of Morton (spelt Moreton in the published account of Cook's voyages), who had been instrumental in sending Cook in search of Australia + bay n.²The name Moreton Bay (district) was formerly applied to Queensland before its separation from New South Wales in 1859. Chiefly Australian. I. Compounds. 1. In the names of trees first found in the district of Moreton Bay, Queensland. a. Moreton Bay pine n. the hoop pine, Araucaria cunninghamii, of coastal New South Wales and Queensland. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > other conifers juniper1748 bald cypress1785 Norfolk Island pine1803 Norfolk pine1804 taxodium1821 kahikatea1823 Moreton Bay pine1826 mai1831 matai1831 white pine1833 podocarp1846 black rue1864 plum fir1866 cephalotaxus1883 hoop-pine1884 mountain hemlock1884 tide-land spruce1891 kahika1921 Leyland's cypress1933 Metasequoia1941 1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales 13 Moreton Bay Pine—found in great abundance at Moreton Bay. 1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales xv. 33 (heading) Araucaria. (Natural Order Coniferae.)..A. Cunninghamii.—Moreton Bay Pine; Colonial Pine; Hoop Pine.—A noble tree with a pyramidal or somewhat flattened head. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby ix. 251 Queensland! the home of the red pine and the kauripine, the red cedar, the Moreton Bay pine, and black-bean. 1981 F. B. Hora Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 88/1 The wood of Araucaria..is easy to work. Araucaria araucana, A. bidwillii (Bunya-Bunya) and A. cunninghamii, (Moreton Bay Pine or Hoop Pine) are the most important timber trees. b. Moreton Bay chestnut n. a large evergreen tree, Castanospermum australe (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)) of eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, having racemes of yellow flowers and large woody pods containing poisonous seeds; (also) the dark brown wood of this tree. Also called black bean. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens pine1788 angophora1804 ohia1815 pate1832 pohutukawa1832 Moreton Bay chestnut1836 Olearia1839 horopito1847 ramarama1848 matipo1853 white pine1856 musk tree1866 manoao1867 patete1867 puka1867 rangiora1867 tawhiri1872 tarata1876 lemon-wood1879 Otago ivy-tree1883 horizontal1888 lehua1888 inanga1889 mountain pine1889 puka1889 Queensland kauri1889 sheep-bush1889 wilga1889 mutton-bird tree1891 tree-daisy1926 1836 J. Blackhouse Extracts from Lett. (1838) iii. 57 Some of the pods of the Moreton Bay chesnut [sic], which is a fine tree, with leaves like those of the European walnuts, are ten inches long and eight round. 1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 40 C[astanospermum] australe—Moreton Bay Chestnut; Bean Tree.—A beautiful tree, attaining a height of 130 feet and a diameter of 5 feet. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 259 One of the chief vegetable foods of the blacks is the fruit of ‘tindaburra’ (Moreton Bay chestnut—Castanospermum australe). 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 286 Blackbean is an Australian wood, also referred to as Moreton Bay Chestnut. 1982 K. McArthur Bush in Bloom 124 The Moreton Bay Chestnut (castanospermum) is still scattering its red and yellow blossoms over the forest floor. c. Moreton Bay ash n. a eucalypt with tessellated bark, Eucalyptus tessellaris, of Queensland, northern New South Wales, and New Guinea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. 75 The Moreton Bay Ash (a species of Eucalyptus)..was here also very plentiful. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 15 Moreton Bay ash and other eucalypts. 1944 F. Clune Red Heart 64 Here he saw a Moreton Bay ash tree blazed with the letter L, made on Leichhardt's 1846 expedition. d. Moreton Bay fig n. (a) any of several fig trees bearing axillary figs, native to eastern Australia; esp. the large Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark, often planted for shade; (b) [rhyming slang for fizgig n.] , an informer. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > fig-tree > types of sycamore13.. sycamore-tree13.. sycamore-fig1615 Moreton Bay fig1849 Port Jackson fig1875 Pharaoh's fig1884 Illawarra1904 adam's fig1907 Moreton Bay1953 1849 J. Pattison New S. Wales 95 The oak, the elm, and those of the mother country, are seen growing along side the Moreton Bay fig. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 173/2 The Moreton Bay fig-tree has immense wall-like abutments. 1933 D. G. Stead Tree Bk. xxii. 89 A species with large glossy leaves is the well-known Moreton Bay Fig, which..is so hardy. 1953 S. J. Baker Austral. Speaks 134 Moreton Bay (fig), any witness who lays an information, anyone who unwarrantably attends to or meddles in the affairs of others; by rhyme of gig..which may be a contraction of fiz-gig, an informer. 1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 59/1 The small-leaved Moreton Bay fig (F. platypoda) is the most widely distributed of all the Australian species. 1970 King's Cross Whisper (Sydney) No. 83. 3/1 On the plant side, conservationists are desperately trying to save the Moreton Bay Fig (gig) and the tea leaf (thief). 1975 Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Apr. 46/2 Moreton Bay Figs; gigs, meaning busybodies. 1991 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 29 Sept. 33/1 Moreton Bay fig trees have no place in suburban gardens, but there are many in parks and picnic reserves. 2. Moreton Bay bug n. any of various large marine decapod crustaceans valued for their edible tail flesh; esp. Thenus orientalis (family Scyllaridae) of northern Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of family Scyllaridae locust lobster1778 crawfish1860 kreef1863 Moreton Bay bug1970 1970 A. Healy & J. Yaldwyn Austral. Crustaceans 58 The ‘Balmain bug’ of New South Wales and the similar-looking ‘Moreton Bay bug’, Thenus orientalis, of Queensland and Northern Australia, are both taken with prawn trawls. 1993 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 23 June 29/3 Our entree selections included Moreton Bay bugs with mango, sweet basil and pickled papaw which were delicious as well as suitably low kilojoule. II. Simple uses. 3. Australian slang. = Moreton Bay fig n. (b) at sense 1d; (also) a victim of a confidence trick. 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J. Baker Austral. Speaks v. 134 Morton Bay (fig), any witness who lays an information, anyone who unwarrantably attends to or meddles in the affairs of others;..an informer. 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) xii. 267 Moreton Bay, a trickster's victim or gay. 1984 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 June 69/1 Fifty percent of the Drug Squad's arrests are based on information received and woebetide a user, supplier or anyone else who becomes a dog, a gig or, as the police term it, a Moreton Bay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826
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