2. (noun) digging.
E kaha ana te kaiwaihanga ki te kī e rite ana ki te kaha o ngā tāngata tokowaru, ka oti nei i te tangata kotahi me ngā hōiho e rua mō te kari huarahi me te kari awa, arā, waikari (TPH 26/11/1905:5). / The developer loudly proclaims that what eight men can do one man and two horses can achieve in digging roads and drains.
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