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auger definition

au·ger (ô′gər)

noun

  1. a narrow tool for boring holes in wood, etc., with a sharp end for cutting and spiral grooves for channeling the shavings out of the hole: it is larger than a gimlet
  2. a similar but larger tool, as for boring holes in the earth

Etymology: by faulty separation of ME a nauger < OE nafogar, nave drill < nafu, nave + gar, a spear: see gore

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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