An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for..determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata.

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1. 1. An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.
2. 2. A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
3. 3. Alt. of Aucht
4. 4. Property; possession.
5. 5. Anything; any part.
6. 6. A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.
7. 7. The top; the thing most prized.
8. 8. To deck with a garland.
9. 9. Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment.
10. 10. A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms.