1773. Hawkesworth, `Cook's Voyages,' vol. ii. p. 400:
"Two Whennuas or islands [afterwards called New Zealand] which might be circumnavigated in a few days, and which he called Tovy Poenammoo; the literal translation of this word is `the water of green talc,' and probably if we had understood him better we should have found that Tovy Poenammoo was the name of some particular place where they got the green talc or stone of which they make their ornaments and tools, and not a general name for the whole southern district."
1867. F. Hochstetter, `New Zealand,' p. 362:
"A magnificent Mere punamu, a battle-axe, fifteen inches long, and cut out of the most beautiful, transparent nephrite, an heirloom of his illustrious ancestors, which he kept as a sacred relic."
1881. J. L. Campbell [Title of book describing early days of New Zealand]:
"Poenamo."
<hw>Pratincole</hw>, <i>n</i>. The bird called a <i>Pratincole</i> (inhabitant of meadows: Lat. <i>pratum</i> and <i>incola</i>) exists elsewhere, and more often under the familiar name of <i>Chat</i>. The Australian species are—<i>Glareola grallaria</i>, Temm.; Oriental, <i>G. orientalis</i>, Leach.
<hw>Pre-empt</hw>, <i>n</i>. a slang abbreviation for pre-emptive right.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xxiv. p. 322:
"My friend has the run and the stock and the pre-empts all in his own hands."