- 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. - 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.
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