auget
English
Etymology
From French, diminutive of auge (“trough”), from Latin alveus (“hollow”), from alvus (“belly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əʊˈʒeɪ/
Noun
auget (plural augets)
- (mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
References
- 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
- auget in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Taegu, Tague
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
auget m (plural augets)
- a small feeding trough for cage-birds
- 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
- third-person singular present active indicative of augeō
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²æʉ̯ɡə/
Noun
auget n
- definite singular of auge