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Auger

Auger Meaning & Definition
Auger Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Auger?

[n] hand tool for boring holes
[n] a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Auger: gimlet | plumber's snake | screw auger | wimble

Related Terms | Find terms related to Auger: aculeus | acumination | bit | bore | bore bit | borer | brace and bit | breast auger | breast drill | broach | burr | chamfer bit | corkscrew | cross bit | cusp | diamond drill | drill | drill press | gimlet | hand drill | keyway drill | mucro | neb | needle | nib | point | portable drill | posthole auger | power drill | prick | prickle | pump drill | ratchet drill | reamer | rotary drill | star drill | sting | strap drill | tap | tip | trepan | trephine | twist bit | twist drill | wimble

See Also | drill | hand tool | snake

Auger In Webster's Dictionary

\Au"ger\, n. [OE. augoure, nauger, AS. nafeg[=a]r, fr. nafu, nafa, nave of a wheel + g[=a]r 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.

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