1. (noun) a short, flat weapon of stone, often of greenstone.
Heoi tukua mai ana te tahā kōhatu, me ngā kākahu, me ngā mere, ā i tēnei rā ka hoatu e au ki a Te Mākarini aua taonga (TWMNT 30/10/1872:144). / And so the stone calabashes, cloaks and mere were sent to me and on this day I gave those treasures to Mr McLean.
See also meremere
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