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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged}; p. pr & vb n. {Dredging}.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. --R. Carew. {Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dredge \Dredge\, n. [OE. dragge, F. drag['e]e, dredge, also sugar plum; cf Prov. dragea, It treggea corrupted fr LL tragemata pl., sweetmeats, Gr ?, fr ? to gnaw.] A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] --Kersey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dredge \Dredge\, n. [F. dr[`e]ge, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. ????. See {Draw}.] 1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: a A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. b A dredging machine. c An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea. 2. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. --Raymond. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on as on roasting meat. --Beau. & Fl {Dredging box}. a Same as 2d {Dredger}. b (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. --Farrow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dredge n : a machine to remove material from a channel or riverbed v 1: cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it" 2: drag, usually the bottom of a body of water [syn: {drag}] 3: remove with a dredge, usually from a bottom of a body of water From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Dredge (Job 24:6). See {CORN}.
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