kautete
1. (noun) flint cutting tool with a wooden handle.
Ka kitea ngā pāra pai, ka mahia hai kautete (JPS 1929:217). / When good stone flakes are found they're made into cutting tools.
See also matā kautete
2. (noun) piece of wood used in tying up a dog to prevent it from gnawing the rope.
Kotahi anō rerenga o ngā haeana a ngā autaia rā, te wiriwiri haere atu anō i te takiwā, tū atu ana ki te ika rā, tētahi ki mauī, tētahi ki katau, anana! Nā te paoro i pupuri, me he kurī kautete (TWMNT 18/9/1877:196). / Just one toss of the harpoons of those fellows and they quivered in the air, sticking into that marine mammal, one to the left and the other to the right, and low and behold, the drugg held like the piece of wood used in tying up a dog to prevent it from gnawing the rope.
