Dredge
Dredge (drej) , noun
[French drège, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to English draw; compare Dutch dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. r73. 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
Dredge (drej) , transitive verb
To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. — R. Carew
Collocations (1)
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.
Dredge , noun
[Old English dragge, French dragée, dredge, also, sugar plum; compare Prov. dragea, Italian treggea; corrupted from Late Latin tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Greek tragh`mata, from trw`gein to gnaw.]
A mixture of oats and barley. [Obsolete] — Kersey
Dredge , transitive verb
To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. — Beau. & Fl
Collocations (1)
Dredging box (Gunnery) , (a) Same as 2d Dredger. A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. — Farrow