| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | au·ger |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô g r |
| NOUN: | 1a. Any of various hand tools, typically having a threaded shank and cross handle, used for boring holes in wood or ice. b. A drill bit. 2a. A machine having a rotating helical shaft for boring into the earth. b. A rotating helical shaft used to convey material, as in a snow blower. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from an auger, alteration of a nauger, from Old English nafog r, auger. See nobh- in Appendix I.
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