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1. (verb) (-a,-ria) to net, snare, trap.
Ka rere mai ngā kākāriki ki runga i tana pae, ka tāria e ia tētehi, hei tīmori māna, ka mau te mea tuatahi, ka waiho hei tīmori (JPS 1895:141). / When the kākāriki alight on the perch, he snares one as a decoy and when the first one is caught it becomes the decoy.