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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Augeas

Britannica 11th

AUGEAS, or AUGEIAS, in Greek legend, a son of Helios, the sun-god, and king of the Epeians in Elis. He possessed an immense wealth of herds, including twelve bulls sacred to Helios, and white as swans. Eurystheus imposed upon Heracles the task of clearing out ...

Vol. 2, pp. 900-900 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0
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Auger

Britannica 11th

AUGER (from the O. Eng. nafu-gdr, nave-borer; the original initial n having been lost, as in " adder," through a confusion in the case of a preceding indefinite article), a tool for boring (q.v.) or drilling.

Vol. 2, pp. 900-900 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 32.73
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