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auger
English
Alternative forms
- augre
Etymology
From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafog?r (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-Germanic *nab?gaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????(?)/
- Rhymes: -????(?)
- Homophone: augur
Noun
auger (plural augers)
- A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
- Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
- A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
- A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
- A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
Translations
Verb
auger (third-person singular simple present augers, present participle augering, simple past and past participle augered)
- To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
- To proceed in the manner of an auger.
Coordinate terms
- gimlet
Derived terms
- auger in
Translations
Anagrams
- Argue, Gauer, Graue, argue, augre, rugae
French
Etymology
From auge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.?e/
Verb
auger
- to dig in order to get the shape of a trough
- to bend a piece of flat iron into the shape of a gutter, of an eavestrough
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written auge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Anagrams
- argue, argué
- urgea
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
auger
- (nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auga
- (nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auge
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snail
English
Etymology
From the Middle English snaile, snayle, from the Old English sne?el, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel,Snâel, Snâl (“snail”), German Schnegel (“slug”). Compare also Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sn?l
- IPA(key): /sne?l/, [sn?e???]
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
snail (plural snails)
- Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- (informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
- (engineering) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
- (military, historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
- The pod of the snail clover.
Synonyms
- dodman, hodmandod (East Anglia, dialectal)
Derived terms
- snail trefoil (Medicago scutellata)
- snail mail
- snail's pace
Translations
See also
- heliciculture
- slug
Verb
snail (third-person singular simple present snails, present participle snailing, simple past and past participle snailed)
- To move or travel very slowly.
Anagrams
- Lains, Lians, Nilas, Sinla, anils, lains, nails, nilas, salin, slain
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