KAURI

n. 1. The Dammar a australis. [B. 48, 49 (a, 14).] 2. In India, a sort of endemic paraplegia seen in horses, f" Jour, of Comp. Med. and Surg.," Oct.. 1887 (a, 40).] K. copal, K. gum, K. resin. Fr., fc. resine. A kind of copal derived from various species of Dammar a and coming chiefly from Polynesia. It is considered useful as an agreeable deodorizer and disenfectant, either burned or combined with iodine. [B, 5, 10, 77 (a, 35); B, 270 (a, 38).]--K.-tahaiti. In New Zealand, a hard, brittle resin, said to be the product of a fish, but probably K.-copal. [Bennett (B, 180 [a, 35]); a, 35.] Neuseelandische K'flchte. See DAMMAR A australis. [s. 531]