Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
auge .
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Examples
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The back of this house has a steeper roof than the front, which roof, as you see, extends above the ends of _les auges_ to keep the rain from beating in at the ends of the wooden troughs.
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Daniel Carter Beard 1895
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_les auges_ (pronounced [= o] ge), a name given to them by the French settlers.
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Daniel Carter Beard 1895
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