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. tragh`mata, fr. trw`gein to gnaw.]

A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.]

--Kersey. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Dredge \Dredge\ (dr[e^]j), n. [F. dr[`e]ge, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. [root]73. 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. [1913 Webster]

2. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Dredge \Dredge\ (dr[e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dredged (dr[e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dredging.]

To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. --R. Carew. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

123 Moby Thesaurus words for "dredge": avulse, besprinkle, bore, bread, breathe, brew, burrow, color, crumb, cut out, decoct, delve, deracinate, dig, dig out, dig up, digger, dike, disentangle, dot, drag up, draw, draw out, draw up, dredge up, dredger, drill, driller, drive, dust, dye, entincture, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excavator, excise, exsect, extract, extricate, fish up, flavor, flour, furrow, gather up, get out, gouge, gouge out, groove, groundhog, grub, grub up, haul up, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, instill, leaven, lower, mine, miner, navvy, penetrate, pepper, permeate, pervade, pick out, pick up, pluck out, pluck up, powder, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out, remove, rip out, root out, root up, sandhog, sap, sapper, saturate, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scrape, scratch, season, shovel, sink, spade, spatter, speck, speckle, splatter, spot, sprinkle, steam shovel, steep, stud, suffuse, take out, take up, tear out, temper, tincture, tinge, transfuse, trench, trough, tunnel, tunneler, unearth, unravel, uproot, weed out, withdraw, wrest out

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

dredge

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)