puke
1. (noun) ship - short for kaipuke.
I rere atu te puke rā i Kuipeka, i te 17, he tā tika i reira, he muri hauāuru, mau tonu taua kōmurimuri i te awa o Hana Ranena, ā, te Koru (TKM 17/6/1852:2). / The ship left Quebec about the 17th with a light favourable wind from the westward, which continued with her down the St Lawrence to the Gulf.
Synonyms: tima, motu, kaipuke, pora, pahī, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere
