paura

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to powder.

2. (loan) (noun) powder, gunpowder.

Ā pau noa ngā rā tekau mā tahi me ngā pō hoki e tinei ana i te ahi, kore rawa e taea, i tēnei takiwā kua tata tonu te ahi ki te wāhi e takoto ana ngā pāka paura (HTK 8/7/1893:7). / And for eleven days and nights we were fighting to extinguish the fire without success and at this time the fire was quite close to the place where the boxes of gunpowder were lying.

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3. (loan) (noun) wheat smut.

Horoia te witi mō te purapura kia mā pū, me i reira whakamaroketia ki te kotakota, kia kaua e whai paura kia rua puhera ki te eka kotahi (Ma 1844:2). / Wash the wheat so that the seed is quite clean, then dry it with shavings so that it does not contain wheat smut and that will result in two bushels per acre.

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