2. (noun) withering, drying out, dehydration.
E kore hoki e rua tekau meneti te ngaunga iho a te rā, kua maemae, engari me hurihuri kia rite ai te maemae o ngā rau, ka rite te pai (TJ 3/8/1899:12). / And the shining down of the sun will not take twenty minutes before the leaves are dried out, but they must be turned over so that they dry evenly.
