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Definition of: auger
(ô′gər) noun
1. A large tool with a spiral groove for boring holes in wood, etc.
2. An earth-boring tool. ◆ Homophone: augur. [OE nafugār, lit., nave-borer <nafu nave of a wheel + gār borer, spear (a nauger in ME becoming an auger)]
a. Twisted. b. Posthole. c. Ship. d. Chuck-shanked. e. Gimlet. f. Expanding.
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