1) Agricultural machinery 2) Argue it could be boring 3) Bore 4) Borer 5) Borer with a bit 6) Boring article 7) Boring bit 8) Boring implement 9) Boring item 10) Boring thing 11) Boring tool 12) Boring-tool 13) Carpenters find it boring 14) Carpentry bit 15) Carpentry tool 16) Cousin of a gimlet 17) Drill bit
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1) Bore 2) Borer 3) Perforator 4) Wimble
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[drill] An auger is a drilling device, or drill bit, that usually includes a rotating helical screw blade called a `flighting` to act as a screw conveyor to remove the drilled out material. The rotation of the blade causes the material to move out of the hole being drilled. An auger used for digging post holes is called an `earth auger`, `h...
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• (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. • (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 po...
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A rotary drill used in coal mining that uses a screw device to penetrate, break, and then transport the drilled material
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tool (or bit) used with a carpenter`s brace for drilling holes in wood. It looks like a corkscrew and has six parts: screw, spurs, cutting edges, ... [3 related articles]
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A rotary drill that uses a screw device to penetrate, break, and then transport the drilled material (coal).
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An auger is a tool used for boring holes in wood, earth, ice, or other material, or more generally, for moving material along a large corkscrew. A hand-held auger is T-shaped and is gripped by the handle with both hands. By contrast, a gimlet, like a wine bottle corkscrew, is worked with just one ha...
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Meaning as a surname: From the Old English word `ealdgar` meaning `spear`.
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Tool for boring holes. Originally, a carpenter's tool, with a cutting edge and a screw point, manipulated by means of a handle at right angles to the shank. In archaeology a large auger is used to...
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In carpentry, a wood-boring tool used by a carpenter to bore holes.
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Pierre-Victor, French physicist, *1899. ... See: Auger electron. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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In carpentry, a wood-boring tool used by a carpenter to bore holes
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Soothsayer or diviner.
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Au'ger noun [ Middle English augoure , nauger , Anglo-Saxon nafegār , from nafu , nafa , nave of a wheel + gār spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See Nave (of a wheel) and 2d Gore ,
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Type: Term Pronunciation: awg′ĕr Definitions: 1. Pierre-Victor, French physicist, 1899-1993. See: Auger electron
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An auger is an instrument used for boring holes in wood, or other soft substances. It consists of a wooden or plastic handle and a steel shank terminated in a steel bit at the bottom.
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A rotary drill that uses a screw device to penetrate, break, and then transport the drilled material (coal).
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[
n] - hand tool for boring holes
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auger (AW gur) A tool for boring holes into wood, leather, etc.: 'He used an auger to make holes in the shoes for the shoelaces.'
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carpenter's tool for boring holes in wood, etc., having a long pointed shank with a cutting edge and a screw point, and a handle fixed at right angles to the top of the shank, by means of which the tool is worked round with both hands [OED].
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A machine with a rotating spiralled screw, which can often be found within a tube, used to transport liquid or grain from one area to another. At Bruichladdich this is used to transport the malt and grist to the mill and mash tun. The rotating part of the conveyor is called an auger.
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Long tubular pieces of equipment to move grain. Augers have a spiral screw inside an outer tube which pushes the grain from the lower end to the top end. They are usually powered by electric motors and vary in diameter from 75mm up to 300mm (Picture) gal/Machinery/madrier_disch.jpg
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gimlet noun hand tool for boring holes
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