mira

1. (noun) serrated edge knife.

Synonyms: niniho, mimira

Mira

1. (loan) (personal name) Mills, Miller, Millar.

Nā Te Mira, Tumuaki tiaki rerewei (TW 22/6/1878:320). / By Mr Mills, Railway supervisor.

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1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to mill (timber).

Ka kōharia e te poropiti me ana apataki ngā rākau tōtara nui whakaharahara, 12 te maha, kātahi ka miratia ki Mangatawhiti (TTR 1996:193). / The prophet, with his followers, selected 12 huge tōtara trees, then milled them at Mangatawhiti.

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2. (loan) (noun) mill, factory, millstone.

Kei Te Wai Pounamu kua tū ētahi mira hei kani i tēnei momo rākau (TTT 1/9/1922:7). / There are mills in the South Island ready to process this type of tree.

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Synonyms: huri

mira parāoa

1. (noun) bread knife.

mira maitai

1. (noun) hacksaw.

mira kani rākau

1. (loan) (noun) sawmill, timber mill.

Monemone noa ngā haupū papa o te mira kani rākau i Te Kōpuru, i Te Wairoa, Kaipara (KO 15/9/1883:2). / The stacks of timber of the sawmill at Te Kōpuru, Te Wairoa, Kaipara, were completely destroyed.

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Synonyms: tima

mira mahi puehu parāoa

1. (noun) flour mill.

Nō te takiwā ki te tau 1863, ka whakamātau a Tūhoe ki te whakatū mira mahi puehu parāoa ki Oromairoa i Rūātoki (TTR 1994:168). / About 1863 Tūhoe tried to build a flour mill at Oromairoa, in Rūātoki.

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