- (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 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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