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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dredge /ˈdrɛʤ/
 挖泥機,爬網(vt.)用挖泥機疏濬,撒粉

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dredge, n.  A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.]

From: 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

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Dredge
    (Job 24:6). See CORN.