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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Auger \Au"ger\, n. [OE. augoure, nauger, AS. nafeg[=a]r, fr.
nafu, nafa, nave of a wheel + g[=a]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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
auger
n 1: a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in
curved pipes [syn: {plumber's snake}]
2: hand tool for boring holes [syn: {gimlet}, {screw auger}, {wimble}]