Dictionary entry

Dredge (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.