Haratua (i). 1. v.t. Dress timber longitudinally with an adze. Nau te waka nei i haratua, i tamaku.—Whakarongo te taringa ki te tarawete mai a te toki haratuatua e tititi.
2. Cut, gash. E pai ana, e whae, he haratua kiri (M. 176).
3. n. Cutting instrument. Tu mai, e pou, hikoia te haratua (M. 176).
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