in a general sense, is the act of adding or joining something to another with a design to render it large.

AUGMENTATION is also used for the additament or thing added.

AUGMENTATION was also the name of a court erected 27 Hen. VIII. so called from the augmentation of the revenues of the crown, by the suppression of religious houses; and the office still remains, wherein there are many curious records, though the court has been dissolved long since.

in Heraldry, are additional charges to a coat-armour, frequently given as particular marks of honour, and generally borne either in the escutcheon or a conton; as have all the baronets of England, who have borne the arms of the province of Ulster in Ireland.

AWGRE, or AWGRE, an instrument used by carpenters and joiners to bore large round holes; and consisting of a wooden handle, and an iron blade terminated at bottom with a steel bit.