poke
1. (noun) American axe.
Kua pāhekeheke rawa tēnei te papa o raro o te taiepa i te toto o te pea i ōna motu i te tapatapahanga a te kōtiro ki te mata o tana poke (TWMNT 30/5/1876:128). / The floor of the pen had become slippery with the bear's blood from its cuts from the girl's attack with the edge of the American axe.
See also toki poke