Definition of dredge

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Dredge (n.) 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..

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Bathybius :: Bathybius (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin..
Dredger :: Dredger (n.) A dredging machine.
Dredged :: Dredged (imp. & p. p.) of Dredg.
Dredge :: Dredge (n.) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
Dredge :: Dredge (v. t.) To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.
Dredger :: Dredger (n.) One who fishes with a dredge.
Dredge :: Dredge (n.) 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..
Dredge :: Dredge (n.) A mixture of oats and barley.
Dredger :: Dredger (n.) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box..
Dredge :: Dredge (v. t.) To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat..
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