tīhore
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to skin, tear the skin off, tear back, peel, pare.
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to strip.
Tīhorea ake te tuanui o te whare o te teihana rerewē i Hetingi; ko ngā rino papa o runga i o taua whare i kāhakina e te hau ki mamao noa atu (TWMNT 3/11/1874:277). / The roof of the Hastings railway station was stripped of its covering, the sheets of corrugated iron on that building were carried a considerable distance by the wind.
3. (verb) to clear up (of rain).
Tīhore mai i uta, tīhore mai i tai, he rangi ka maomao (W 1971:416). / The rain's clearing on shore and at sea, it's a day when the rain will stop.
4. (verb) to be cloudless (of the sky).
E tīhore ana te pō, he hukapapa (W 1971:416). / The night is clearing, there will be a frost.
5. (modifier) bare, clear.
He wāhi anō e 20 tonu māero te whānui, engari he maunga teitei, he pari tīhore (TPH 10/4/1905:2). / It's a place 20 miles wide, but it's a high mountain with bare cliffs.
6. (noun) flax variety, Phormium tenax - one of the best varieties of harakeke.
Synonyms: harareka, kohungaiti, harakeke, kōrari
