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AUGER
auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble
(noun) hand tool for boring holes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
auger (plural augers)
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
Verb
auger (third-person singular simple present augers, present participle augering, simple past and past participle augered)
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
To proceed in the manner of an auger.
Coordinate terms
• gimlet
Anagrams
• Argue, Gauer, Graue, argue, augre, rugae
Source: Wiktionary
Au"ger, n. Etym: [OE. augoure, nauger, AS. nafegar, fr. nafu, nafa, nave of a wheel + gar spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See Nave (of a wheel) and 2d Gore, n.]
1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.
2. An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water. Auger bit, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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