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 77 pantaloons. This custom has had its origin in the desire to protect the skin from the attacks of insects, and as a defence against the heat of the sun in summer, and the cold in the winter season. But no aboriginal Australian considers himself properly attired unless well clothed with grease and wilgi.

Wilgilăm, a.—Red.

Willar—(K.G.S.) An estuary.

Willarăk, s.—Sandalum latifolium, Sandalwood tree. This tree is tolerably abundant in the interior, but the transport is expensive. It is said to be the true sandalwood. The smoke of it when burning produces nausea in most persons. It bears a nut, having a white kernel of the size of a musket bullet, from which oil of a pure quality, without taste or smell, may be expressed. This nut, though not disagreeable, is not eaten by the natives.

Willaring, s.—Muscicapa. Wagtail; fly-catcher.

Wil-yan, v.—Pres. part., Wil-yanwin; past tense, Wil-yanaga; to miss; not to hit. The native does not throw with precision more than twenty or thirty yards. When not flurried, his aim is very accurate, and his spears delivered with surprising rapidity.

Wil-yu, a.—Œdicnemus longipennis? Wil-yu.

Wimbin, s.—Rhynchaspis. Shoveller or Pink-eyed Duck.

Winatding, part.—(N. E. dialect.) Dead; derived from or connected in some way with Wynaga, dead.

Windang, a.—Worn out; useless; applied particularly to an old man or woman.

Windo, a.—Old; useless.

Wi-nin (K.G.S.,) A species of waterfowl.

Wining, a.—(N. E. dialect.) Alive; the opposite of Winatding. dead.

Winjalla, ad.—Where.

Wingi, ad.—Where; whither; as Wingi watto, Where or whether are you going?

Winnagal (Mountain dialect.) The west.

Winnijinbar, ad.—Now, at this very moment. (Upper Swan.) Wynnikănbar.

Winnar—So many; this number.

Winnirăk—Similar to; at this time; now.

Wirba, s.—(Northern dialect.) A large heavy club.

Wirbe, s.—The name of a dance amongst the natives living to the south-east.

Wirgo, s.—A species of rock-crystal found to the north.

Wirgojăng—(K.G.S.) Blowing away; curing by disenchantment.

Wiril, a.—Slender; wasted; slight; thin.

Wiring, a.—Straight; in a right line; used also to denote that two persons are in the right line of marriage.

Wirrit, s.—South-east wind.

Wi-yul, a.—Thin; slight; wasted.