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dredge /ˈdrɛʤ/
挖泥機,爬網(vt.)用挖泥機疏濬,撒粉
Dredge, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.
Dredging box. (a) Same as 2d Dredger. (b) Gun. A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses.
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Dredge n.
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.
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.
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, n. A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.]
dredge
n : a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
v 1: cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before
frying it"
2: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something
valuable or lost [syn: drag]
3: remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body
of water