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2. Noun. The hard timber from the karri tree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Karri

1. a type of Australian gum tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Karri

Literary usage of Karri

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in Western Australia: Being a Description of the Various Cities and by May Vivienne (1902)
"karri-wood has the further advantage of not being slippery, ... The karri is an exceptionally quick-growing tree, and when the matured trees are cut down ..."

2. Notes Re Timbers of Western Australia Suitable for Railways, Engineering by W. W. Dartnall, E. S. Hume, G. A. Julius, Western Australia Premier's Dept (1906)
"19000 4. Western Australian Jarrah Saw Mills Company, Ltd. ... ... 5700 Jarrah is cut by all the above. karri only by the first company. ..."

3. The Articles of Christian Instruction in Favorlang-Formosan, Dutch and by Jacobus Vertrecht, George Psalmanazar, Gilbert Happart (1896)
"... a field-rat. kar, and karri, compounded with nouns, signify the same as ... to cast lots ; in the change of tenses, karri is inflected and not ..."

4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"karri (many localities). White Gum (Australia). Locality. Australia, New Zealand. Some specimens acclimated in California. Features of Tree. ..."

5. The Forests of Western Australia and Their Development, with Plan and by Western Australia Woods and Forests Dept, J. Ednie-Brown (1899)
"72 Bishopsgate Street, Within, London, EG karri MILLS AT ALBANY & DENMARK RIVER ... karri and Jarrah Timber Sawn, Hewn, or Squared Baulks, any lengths, ..."

6. Merv, the Queen of the World; and the Scourge of the Man-stealing Turcomans by Charles Thomas Marvin (1881)
"Tekkes in Kelat.—Kurdish colonies.— karri Kala and ... Captain Napier's visit to karri Kala.—The settlements of the Akhal Tekkes.—The magnificent region of ..."

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