[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dredge \dredge\, n. oe. dragge, f. drag'ee, 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

[2] : 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
see also:
dredging box dredger 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dredge \dredge\ dre^j, n. f. dr`ege, dreige, fish net,
   from a word akin to e. draw; cf. d. dreg, dregge, small
   anchor, dregnet dragnet. root73. 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
see also:
draw 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dredge \dredge\ dre^j, v. t. imp.  p. p. dredged
   dre^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
see also:
dredged dredging dredging machine 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
drag 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

dredge
   job 24:6. see corn.
   
see also:
corn 

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