Auger /ΛΓ΄Ι‘Ιr/
1. noun: a device with a helical (having the form of a helix; spiral) shaft or part that is used for boring holes
"Horizontal auger boring has come a long way from its start in the coal mining industry in the early 1930s." Howard L. Hartman, 1924 β Augur /ΛΓ΄Ι‘Ιr/ 1. noun: (in ancient Rome) a religious official who could foretell events by observing natural signs (usually birds) and omens ββ¦ the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.β from The Twelve Caesars, Suetonius, 70 CE β 130 CE 2. verb: (of an event or circumstance) foretell or predict a good or bad outcome by interpreting omens "In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished." Leland Stanford, 1824 - 1893