auget

English

Etymology

From French, diminutive of auge (“trough”), from Latin alveus (“hollow”), from alvus (“belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊˈʒeɪ/

Noun

auget (plural augets)

1. (mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.

References

• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Auget”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
• “auget”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Taegu, Tague

French

Etymology

auge +‎ -et

Pronunciation

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Noun

auget m (plural augets)

1. a small feeding trough for cage-birds
2. the bucket of a waterwheel

Further reading

• “auget”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

auget

1. third-person singular present active indicative of augeō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²æʉ̯ɡə/

Noun

auget n

1. definite singular of auge