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au⋅ger

  [aw-ger]
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–noun
1. Carpentry.
a. a bit, as for a brace.
b. a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
2. earth auger.
3. 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.
4. snake (def. 3a).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME nauger (a nauger misdivided as an auger; cf. adder, apron ), OE nafogār nave-piercer (c. ON nafarr, OS nabugēr, MD navegeer, OHG nabagēr), equiv. to nafa nave2 + gār spear; cf. gore 3 , garlic
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snake

  [sneyk] noun, verb, snaked, snak⋅ing.
–noun
1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
2. a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. Compare snake in the grass.
3. Building Trades.
a. Also called auger, plumber's snake. (in plumbing) a device for dislodging obstructions in curved pipes, having a head fed into the pipe at the end of a flexible metal band.
b. Also called wirepuller. a length of resilient steel wire, for threading through an electrical conduit so that wire can be pulled through after it.
–verb (used without object)
4. to move, twist, or wind: The road snakes among the mountains.
–verb (used with object)
5. to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake: to snake one's way through a crowd.
6. to drag or haul, esp. by a chain or rope, as a log.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE snaca; c. MLG snake, ON snākr

Related forms:
snakelike, adjective
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au·ger   (ô'gər)   
n.  

    1. Any of various hand tools, typically having a threaded shank and cross handle, used for boring holes in wood or ice.

    2. A drill bit.

    3. A machine having a rotating helical shaft for boring into the earth.

    4. A rotating helical shaft used to convey material, as in a snow blower.

    1. A machine having a rotating helical shaft for boring into the earth.

    2. A rotating helical shaft used to convey material, as in a snow blower.

tr.v.   au·gered, au·ger·ing, au·gers
To drill or bore using an auger.

[Middle English, from an auger, alteration of a nauger, from Old English nafogār, auger; see nobh- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
snake

  1. in.
    to scheme; to plot and plan. (Prisons.) : He spent a lot of time snaking about that job.
  2. tv.
    to steal something. : Where did you snake that bike?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

snake  (n.)
O.E. snaca, from P.Gmc. *snakon (cf. O.N. snakr "snake," Swed. snok, Ger. Schnake "ring snake"), from PIE base *snag-, *sneg- "to crawl, creeping thing" (cf. O.Ir. snaighim "to creep," Lith. snake "snail," O.H.G. snahhan "to creep"). In Mod.Eng., gradually replacing serpent in popular use. Meaning "treacherous person" first recorded 1590 (cf. O.C.S. gadu "reptile," gadinu "foul, hateful"). Snake eyes in crap-shooting sense is from 1929. Snake oil is from 1927. Snake-bitten "unlucky" is sports slang from 1957. The game of Snakes and Ladders is attested from 1907. Snake pit is from 1883, as a supposed primitive test of truth or courage; fig. sense is from 1941. Phrase snake in the grass is from Virgil's Latet anguis in herba [Ecl. III.93] Another O.E. word for "snake" was næddre (see adder).

auger 
c.1500, faulty separation of M.E. a nauger, from O.E. nafogar "nave drill," from nafu "nave of a wheel" + gar "a spear, borer." For similar misdivisions, see adder. The same change took place in Du. (avegaar).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: snake
Pronunciation: 'snAk
Function: noun
: any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes syn. Ophidia) with a long tapering bodyand with salivary glands often modified to produce venom which is injected through grooved or tubular fangs
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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