The inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus Xylomelum.

(chiefly anthropology) A rite of passage.

(military) A substitute for dress parade in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened.

A Brazilian palm tree (Socratea exorrhiza) which has strong aerial roots like a screw pine. The roots have a hard, rough surface, and are used by the natives for graters and rasps.

Wallpaper coated with flock fixed with glue or size.

A kind of absorbent kraft paper, originally sold to butchers in large sheets for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education.

(archaic) writer's cramp

Misspelling of till death do us part.

(medicine, archaic) A pea, or similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus.

A style of Australian Aboriginal painting using coloured dots. / (countable) A particular painting done in this style.