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A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
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A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.
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A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
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A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene.
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The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
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A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive.
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