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pāre

1. (loan) (noun) barley - a hardy cereal used as food and in malt liquors such as whisky.

Mō te pāre mahi pia e 5 hereni mō te puhera (TW 12/8/1876:2). / The price of barley for making beer is 5 shillings a bushel.

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