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Definition of Auger
1. Noun. A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes.
2. Noun. Hand tool for boring holes.
Definition of Auger
1. n. A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.
Definition of Auger
1. Noun. A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. ¹
2. Noun. A snake or plumber's snake (qualifier plumbing tool). ¹
3. Noun. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts ¹
4. Noun. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study. ¹
5. Verb. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Auger
1. a tool for boring [n -S]
Medical Definition of Auger
1. Pierre-Victor, French physicist, *1899. See: Auger electron. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auger
Literary usage of Auger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"Some- auger-shanks have an ice® crease twist as they re-cede- from the- point;
this give-sa greater free-done of discharge- by ..."
2. Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis: A Manual for the Study of by Harvey Washington Wiley (1906)
"It fits on the one side firmly in the auger guide and on the other in the cavity
... In this hole rests the end of the auger stem when the union is placed ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"From this catalogue defendant ordered a twenty-four inch auger, to which plaintiffs
replied, saving that they would not recommend as large an auger as that, ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Auger Borings.—The driving of a steel rod or crowbar stops on the first ...
An ordinary wood auger is often used where more definite information is required ..."
5. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1904)
"an auger furnish a more satisfactory and rapid means of determining the thickness
... An auger for this purpose (Fig. 2I) can be made easily and cheaply by ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1822)
"The auger is turned, or, in other words, the boring is done by the man below,
and not by the two men above; their business is simply to draw up and let down ..."
7. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"Auger Making MACHINE WORKS AND FOUNDRIES Auger Making. Auger Making in an Old
American Shop. Methods at the Pugh works, in Philadelphia, are illustrated and ..."
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