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(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.

(2):

(n.) An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Auger'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/auger.html. 1828.
 
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