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Haruspex vs Auger - What's the difference?

haruspex | auger |

As a noun haruspex

is haruspex.

As a proper noun auger is

.

haruspex

English

Alternative forms

* aruspex

Noun

(haruspices)
  • A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:If it be lawfull for Panæcius to maintaine his judgement about Aruspices , Dreames, Oracles and Prophecies: Wherfore shall not a wise-man dare that in all things, which this man dareth in such as he hath learned of his Masters?

    • auger

    English

    (wikipedia auger)

    Alternative forms

    * augre

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
  • * 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
    • Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger .
  • A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
  • A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
  • A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.

    • Anagrams

    * * English nouns which have interacted with their indefinite article ----