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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90200" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (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. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67945" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67945" /> == | ||
<p> A | <p> A French littérateur, born at Paris, renowned as a critic (1772-1829). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_90200"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/auger Auger from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_67945"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/auger Auger from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_67945"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/auger Auger from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:48, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (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.
(2): (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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A French littérateur, born at Paris, renowned as a critic (1772-1829).
