auger : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: auger	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for auger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auger n a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes Synonym(s): plumber's snake, auger hand tool for boring holes Synonym(s): auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auger \Au"ger\, n. [OE. augoure, nauger, AS. nafeg[be]r, fr. nafu, nafa, nave of a wheel + g[be]r spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See {Nave} (of a wheel) and 2d {Gore}, n.] 1. 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. 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. {Auger bit}, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.