Obs. rare–1. App. used by Chapman for ‘the handle of an auger’ (Nares).
1615. Chapman, Odyss., IX. 530. And as you haue seene A ship-wright bore a nauall beame; he oft Thrusts at the Augurs Froofe; works still aloft; And at the shanke, helpe others; with a cord Wound round about, to make it sooner bor’d.
