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auger
[ aw-ger ]
noun
- Carpentry.
- a bit, as for a brace.
- a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- a device consisting of a shaft with a broad helical flange rotating within a cylindrical casing to force bulk materials from one end to the other.
auger
/ ˈɔːɡə /
noun
- a hand tool with a bit shaped like a corkscrew, for boring holes in wood
- a larger tool of the same kind for boring holes in the ground
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of auger1
C15 an augur, resulting from mistaken division of earlier a nauger, from Old English nafugār nave (of a wheel) spear (that is, tool for boring hubs of wheels), from nafu nave ² + gār spear; see gore ²
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Example Sentences
She extends the end of her body till it is like an auger, and with this she bores a deep hole in the earth.
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Auger holes had been bored in the shaft and strong oak pins had been driven in to serve for handles.
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You've been waiting your moment, holding your breath on one side of the wall while the auger grinds through from the other.
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To broach a pipe, pierce it with an auger or gimlet, four fingers- breadth over the lower rim, so that the dregs may not rise.
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Mr. Henry was the first to make the “rag” carpet, and was the inventor of the screw-auger.
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