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Word of the Day - auger
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auger
/ˈɔːɡə/
noun
1 A tool resembling a large corkscrew, for boring holes in wood.
1.1 A large tool similar to an auger, used for boring holes in the ground.
2 A marine mollusc of warm seas with a slender tapering spiral shell.
Origin
Old English nafogār, from nafu (see nave) + gār ‘piercer’. The n was lost
by wrong division of a nauger; compare with adder and apron.
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