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dredge

1. dredge \'drej\ n [prob. fr. Sc dreg- (in dregbot dredge boat)] 1: an 
   apparatus usu. in the form of an oblong iron flame with an attached b ag 
   net used esp. for gathering fish and shellfish 2: a machine for removing 
   earth usu. by buckets on an endless chain or a su ction tube 3: a barge 
   used in dredging 
2. dredge vt : to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge - 
   often used  with up to search with or as if with a dredge - dredg.er n
3. dredge vt [obs. dredge, n., sweetmeat, fr. ME drage, drege, fr. MF 
   d]ragie, modif. of L tragemata sweetmeats, fr. Gk trage-mata, pl. of 
   trage-ma sweetmeat, fr. tro-gein to gnaw - more at TERSE : to coat (food) 
   by sprinkling (as with flour)  - dredg.er n