| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hand auger | Mining | A screwlike tool much like a large carpenters' bit or a short cylindrical container with cutting lips attached to a rod and operated by hand and used to bore shallow holes and obtain samples of soil and other relatively unconsolidated near-surface materials. Cf: auger. (references) | |
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