auger-bit 
auger-bit (a'gi-r-bit), H. A small auger used 
with a brace or bit-stock. 
auger-faucet (u'ger-fa'set), n. A faucet with 
an auger attached, liy means of the augur a Imli- i* 
bum! nearly through the wood of the cask, or the like, In 
which tin- laurel is to lie inserted. :nnl the fauo-i i< tin -n 
fixed liy it MII|I- Mow. Tin- aiijti-r is withdrawn Baottpl 
the faucet by a rack ami iiinlon. 
auger-gage (a'ger-g41), . A collar, sleeve, or 
clamp attached to the shank of an auger, to 
prevent it from penetrating beyond the de-- 
Hired point. 
auger-nole (a'ger-hol), . A hole made by an 
auger. 
Hid in ail IM/../.T /.'.-. Slink., Mai-bctll, ii. X 
auger-Shell (a'ger-shel), H. A shell of the ge- 
nus Trrebra and family Terebrulu: See cnl 
miller l'i I'i'lirii. 
auger-Stem (a'ger-stem), . The iron i-od or bar 
to which the bit is attached in rope-drilling. 
auger-twister (a'ger-twis'U-r), . A machine 
for twisting the blanks for screw-augers. 
aUgCSt, a. See tniijt: 
auget (A'jetj F. pron. 6-zha'), . [F., dim. of 
<IHI/<; a trough, < L. alveus, a trough, channel, 
hollow: see alveus.'} Milit., a small trough ex- 
tending from the chamber of a mine to the ex- 
tremity of a gallery, to protect from dampness 
a saucissou or tube tilled with powder. 
augh (a; Sc. pron. ach), inter/. [Cf. air, ah, 
o/i.] An exclamation of disgust. [U. 8. and 
Scotch.] 
aught 1 '(lit), H. or pron. [In two forms: (1) 
aught, < ME. aught, aught, aulit, aght, a$t, aht, 
< AS. awiht, aicuht, with vowel shortened from 
orig. long, awiht; (2) ought, < ME. ought, ouht, 
oght, ogt, oht, < AS. dtciht, dwuht, contr. aht, with 
labialized vowel, owiht, dwuht (= OS. eowiht 
=s OFries. dwet, det = D. iets = OHG. eowiht, 
iowiht, icwiht, MHGr. ieht, iht, iewet, iet), < a, 
ever, in comp. a generalizing prefix, + wiht, 
wight, whit, thing: lit. 'ever a whit': see ay* 
\> i L; i u , ^ 111 1 , i 1 1 1 1 1 _. MM " ' "-j 
and whit, wight, and of. the negative naught, 
nought, 'never a whit.' There is no essential 
difference between the two spellings aught and 
ought; the former is now preferred.] Any- 
thing whatever; any part: used in interroga- 
tive, negative, and conditional sentences. 
Is there aught else, my friends, I can do for you 1 
Addison, Cato, iv. 
Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
aught 1 t (fit), adv. [< ME. aught, etc.; prop, 
ace. of the noun.] In any respect ; in any way ; 
at all ; by any chance. 
Can he aught telle a mery tale or tweye? 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 44. 
Thereon mused he 
If that the childes nioder were anght she 
That was his wyf. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 936. 
aught a t, '' An obsolete form of ought 2 . 
aught 3 t (at), n. [Now only in Se., written aucht 
(acht), < ME. aught, aughte, auchte, aght, auhte, 
ahte, etc., < AS. ieht, pi. cehta (= OHG. eht = 
Goth, aihts, prop_erty, = Icel. tett, family), with 
formative -t, < agan (pret. ahte), have, hold, 
own : see ought 2 and owe.} Possession ; prop- 
erty. 
The surest gear in their aught. 
Scott, Quentin Durward, I. vii. 
aught 4 (at, acht), a. and . An obsolete or 
dialectal form of eight 1 . 
aughtwheret (at'hwar), adv. [< aught*-, adi-., + 
where.} Anywhere. Chaucer. 
augite (a' jit), n. [= F. augite, < L. augites, a 
precious stone, < Gr. Avytrfc, < avrf, bright- 
ness, sunlight.] The dark-green to black va- 
riety of pyroxene characteristic of basic erup- 
tive rocks like basalt. It differs from other varieties 
of pyroxene in containing a considerable proportion of 
alumina. The name is sometimes used to include the 
whole species. See pyroxene. 
augitic (a-jit'ik), a. [< augite + -ic.} Pertain- 
ing to augite ; resembling augite, or partaking 
of its nature and characters; composed of or 
containing augite Augitic porphyry, a rock with 
a dark-gray or greenish base, containing conspicuous crys- 
tals of augite and Labrador feldspar. 
auglettet, An obsolete form of aglet. 
augment (ag'ment), n. [< ME. augment, < OF. 
augment = Pg. augmento = Sp. It. aumento, < 
L. augmentum, increase, growth, < augere, in- 
crease: see auction.} If. Increase; enlarge- 
ment by addition ; augmentation. 
This augment of the tree. /. Walton, Complete Angler. 
2. In gram., an addition at the beginning of 
certain past indicative tenses of the verb in a 
part of the Indo-European languages. In Sau- 
xkrit it is always a- ; in (in-ck it is .'- (<) before a conso- 
nant (syllabic augment), but an initial vowel is 1. 
clieil (i-, i-) (temporal ani;rii>-n(). Tilt- K.-IIIII- name is 
sometime* uivcn to other prefixed intl.Ttinu.il i-lnm-nt-. 
as to thutfc-of the German perfect putlclpk (pfrraMt, 
liniUilllt). 
Anoilii-r form, which we may call the preterit" p 
unites Hi.- iiii : n,fiit of the past and tin- ending of the 
plvsrnt tense. Aun-f. -l'i<" . /'//></., VII. :i;,4. 
3. Inpathol., the period of a fever between its 
commencement and its height. [Rare.] 
augment (ag-ment'), v. [< MK. niK/iiii-nten, < 
OF. augmeiitfr, earlier aumenter = Sj>. </;'- 
tar = I'g. augmentar = It. autm-nlnri: < Ll>. 
itiii/iiinitiire, increase, < L. augnu ,///. an in- 
crease: see augment, .] I. trans. 1. To in- 
crease; enlarge in size or extent; swell: as, to 
augment an anny by reinforcement; impatience 
augments an evil. 
Be it your care 
To augment your heap of wealth. 
Fletcher (and another), Elder Brother, i. -2. 
Though fortune change, his constant spouse remains : 
.lil'lutrn'* his jn>> "I" niitlu:it<^ hi- I'alOft 
Pope, January and May, 1. 42. 
The general distress did but augment the piety and con- 
firm the fortitude of the colonisU. 
Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 284. 
2. In gram., to add an augment to. 
Most (Greek) verbs beginning with a consonant aufim- "' 
the imperfect and aorist by prefixing . 
Ooodunn, Greek Gram., 1 101. 
3. In her., to make an honorable addition to, 
as a coat of arms. 
Henry VIII. granted to the earl of Surrey to augment 
his arms with a demi-lion, gules, pierced through the 
mouth with an arrow. Eneyc. Brit., XI. 690. 
Augmented Interval. See interval. Augmented sur- 
face, a term flrst used by Rankine to denote an immersed 
or wetted surface sufficiently greater than the actual sur- 
face of a vessel to give, when substituted for the actual 
quantity in estimations of the speed of a vessel, results 
which conform to the actual performance. 
II. intrans. To become greater m size, 
amount, degree, etc. ; increase ; grow larger. 
The winds redouble and the streams augment. 
Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Oeorgics, i. 466. 
augur 
augmentative (ag-men'ta-tiv), . and H. [= F. 
-'"' kl j - as i' *<"'<""" '"'"'"" < '"''- 
Her fears augmented as her comforts fled. 
Crabbe, Tales of the Hall. 
augmentable (ag-men'ta-bl), a. [< augment 
+ -able.} Capable of being augmented or in- 
creased. 
augmentation (ag-men-ta'shon), . [< ML. 
augmentatio(n-), < LL. augmentare, pp. augmen- 
tatus, augment : see augment, v.} I. _The act 
of increasing or making larger by addition, ex- 
pansion, or dilatation ; the act of adding to or 
enlarging ; the state or condition of being made 
larger. 
Bacon, holding that this method was insufficient and 
futile for the augmentation of real and useful knowledge, 
published his Novum Organon. 
Whewell, Nov. Org. Renovatum, Pref. 
2. That by which anything is augmented ; an 
addition: as, the augmentation amounted to 
$500 a year. 
He does smile his face into more lines than are in the 
new map with the augmentation of the Indies. 
Shak., T. N., ill -i 
Specifically 3. In music, where much repe- 
tition and imitation of themes is required, the 
modification of a theme 
or subject by systemati- 
cally increasingthe origi- 
nal time-value of all its 
notes. 4. In her., an ad- 
ditional charge to a coat- 
armor, granted as a mark 
of honor to an anniger. 
It is borne on an ordinary or 
subordinary in such a way as 
to be evidently an addition to 
the paternal coat, and in an- 
cient times was more rarely 
used as an addition to the bear- 
ings on the field. Also called 
addition. 
5. In pathol., same as 
augment, 3. Augmenta- 
Arms of first Duke of Wel- 
lington with the augmenta- 
tion granted to him, viz., AH 
InesfUtcktim of England. 
( From Boutell'B " Herald- 
ry.") 
tlon Court in England, a court established by Henrj 
VIII. to augment the revenues of the crown by the sup- 
pression of monasteries. It was dissolved on the accession 
of Queen Mary. By augmentation, in England, a phrase 
formerly used in the army-promotion lists to signify that 
an officer's appointment had been conferred by the crea- 
tion of a new patent, not by the purchase of an old one. 
Process of augmentation, in Scotland, a process in the 
teind court, raised by the minister of a parish against the 
titular and heritors, for the purpose of obtaining an aug- 
mentation of his stipend. 
augmentationer (ag-men-ta'shon-^r), n. An 
officer belonging to the Augmentation Court 
(which see, under augmentation). 
Here now I speak to you my masters, minters, augmen- 
tatianers. Latiiner, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. 
iiii'iitiirt; pp. iiui/iiii-iiliitim: see imi/nn nt, c.] 
I. a. 1. Having the quality or power of aug- 
menting. 2. In griiui., expresHiiig augmenta- 
tion or increase in the force of the idea con- 
veyed: applied both to words and to affixes 
which effect Oils. 
II. . A word formed to express increased 
intensity of the idea convoyed by it, or an affix 
wliich serves tills purpose. 
Also augiiientiri: 
augmentatively (ag-men'ta-tiv-li), adv. So 
as to augment or increase ; ill the manner of an 
augment. 
augmenter (ag-meu'ter), n. One who or that 
which augments. 
augmentive (ag-men'tiv), a. and n. [< aug- 
ment + -ice.] Same as augmentative. 
augmentless (ag'ment-les), a. [< augment + 
-less. } Without an augment. 
Additional forms agasisam, agasls, agasit, and tin 
uua " - i -i-im-are found throughout the Bran- 
inaiias and Upanlshads. Amer. Jour. Philot., VI. 278 
augoert, augret, n. Obsolete spellings of </'' 
augrimt, . A Middle English form of algorism. 
augrim-stonest, . /'' Stones used as counters 
in arithmetical calculations, some standing for 
units, others for tens, etc. 
Uis auarim-itoanei, leyen faire apart. 
Chaucer, Miller s Tale. 
Augsburg Confession. See confession. 
augur (a'ger), n. [< ME. augur, < L. augur, ear- 
lier auger, of uncertain origin, perhaps < avis, a 
bird (cf. au-spex and au-cupation), + -gur, con- 
nected with garrirc, talk, chatter.] 1. Among 
the ancient Romans, a functionary whose duty 
it was to observe and to interpret, according to 
traditional rules, the 
auspices, or reputed 
natural signs concern- 
ing future events. 
These auspices were stud- 
ied, withaflxedcerenionial, 
in the following classes of 
phenomena : (1) signs from 
the heavens, including 
thunder and lightning, ana 
other meteorological mani- 
festations; (2) signs from 
the direction of flight or 
the various cries of birds ; 
(8) signs from the manner 
of eating of domestic hens 
kept for this purpose ; (4) 
signs from the movements 
and attitudes of animals ; 
(5) evil omens from various 
fortuitous incidents, such 
as the fall of any object, 
the gnawing of a mouse, 
the creaking of a chair, 
etc., occurring during the 
augural ceremonies, or 
when these were about to begin. The official or public- 
augurs, who constituted a college, probably founded by 
Numa, were originally three in number. By the time of 
Tarquin they had been increased to six. After 300 B. c. 
the number became nine, of whom five must be plebeians. 
Sulla made the number fifteen ; Julius Caesar, sixteen, not 
including his own official membership in his character of 
perpetual chief priest and dictator; and toward the close 
of the empire the number was still further increased. 
The augurs wore the sacerdotal pretext*, or toga with a 
broad purple border, and their distinctive emblem was 
the curved rod called the litvut, with which they marked 
out the limits of the templum or boundary within which 
the omens with which they had to do were to be observed. 
Before any public business or ceremony was undertaken 
the augurs decided whether the auspices were propitious, 
or whether unfavorable omens demanded interruption or 
delay ; they conducted the inauguration or exauguration 
of priests, temples, and places, such as new settlements, 
and fixed the times of movable festivals. In the engrav- 
ing, the figure holds the lituus in his right hand, while 
one of the sacred fowls appears at his feet. 
Hence 2. One who pretends to foretell future 
events by omens; a soothsayer; a prophet; 
one who bodes, forebodes, or portends. 
Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found 
Without a priestly curse or boding sound. 
Drydtn, Iliad, i. 166. 
augur (a'ger), c. [= F. augurer = Sp. Pg. au- 
gurar = It. augurare, < L. augurari; from the 
noun.] I. trans. 1. To prognosticate from 
signs, omens, or indications; predict; antici- 
pate : with a personal subject. 
Augur. 
(From a Roman bas-relief.) 
I did augur all this to him beforehand. 
B. JonMn, Poetaster, i. 1. 
I augur everything from the approbation the proposal 
has met with. Sir J. Herschel. 
2. To betoken ; forebode : with a non-personal 
or impersonal subject. 
Sooth was my prophecy of fear ; 
Believe it when it augur cheer. 
Scott, L. of the L., iv. 11. 
=Syn. 2. To portend, presage, foreshadow, be ominous of. 
