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au·ger

   [aw-ger]
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).
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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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  • They work well on small driveways and are semi-self-propelled, he said, explaining that the auger helps pull the machine along.
  • But if you want a seasonal delicacy here now, you will need a sharp auger.
  • Bunnik made their way to the drilling site and worked an auger by hand through a layer rock.
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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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