| Vugh | { } n. (Mining) A cavity in a lode; -- called also vogle. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Vugg |
| Augean | a. 1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. [ 1913 Webster ]
Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| augend | n. 1. a number to which another number (the addend) is added. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Auger | n. [ OE. augoure, nauger, AS. nafegār, fr. nafu, nafa, nave of a wheel + gār spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See Nave (of a wheel) and 2d Gore, n. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Auger bit, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Auget | ‖n. [ F., dim. of auge trough, fr. L. alveus hollow, fr. alvus belly. ] (Mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Aught | adv. At all; in any degree. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Aught | n. [ OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. āwiht, ā ever + wiht. √136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight. ] Anything; any part. [ Also written ought. ] [ 1913 Webster ] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 [ 1913 Webster ] But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Augite | n. [ L. augites, Gr. a'ygi`ths, fr. a'ygh` brightness: cf. F. augite. ] A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Augitic | a. Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Augment | v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Augment | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Augmented; p. pr. & vb. n. Augmenting. ] [ L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter. ] 1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reëforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. [ 1913 Webster ] But their spite still serves
His glory to augment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Gram.) To add an augment to. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| augean | (adj) extremely filthy from long neglect |
| augean stables | (n) (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them |
| augeas | (n) (Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle |
| augend | (n) a number to which another number (the addend) is added |
| auger | (n) hand tool for boring holes, Syn. wimble, gimlet, screw auger |
| augite | (n) dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium |
| augitic | (adj) of or relating to or containing the mineral augite |
| augment | (v) enlarge or increase, Example: The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East |
| augment | (v) grow or intensify, Example: The pressure augmented |
| augmentation | (n) the amount by which something increases |
