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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.

earth auger.

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.

snake (def. 3a).

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English nauger (a nauger misdivided as an auger; compare adder, apron), Old English nafogār nave-piercer (cognate with Old Norse nafarr, Old Saxon nabugēr, Middle Dutch navegeer, Old High German nabagēr), equivalent to nafa nave² + gār spear; compare gore³, garlic

Can be confused: auger, augur.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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auger (ˈɔːɡə)

—n
1.	a hand tool with a bit shaped like a corkscrew, for boring holes in wood
2.	a larger tool of the same kind for boring holes in the ground

[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 nafunave² + gār spear; see gore²]

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auger

c.1500, faulty separation of M.E. a nauger, from O.E. nafogar "nave drill," from nafu "nave of a wheel" (see nave (2)) + gar "a spear, borer" (see gar). For similar misdivisions, see adder. The same change took place in Du. (avegaar).

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