dredging machine

dredging machine
dredge1 (def. 1).
[1820-30]

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  • Dredging machine — Dredge Dredge (dr[e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged} (dr[e^]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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dredging machine — dredge1 (def. 1). [1820 30] * * * dredging machine, = dredge1 (def. 1). (Cf. ↑dredge) …   Useful english dictionary

  • dredging machine — /ˈdrɛdʒɪŋ məʃin/ (say drejing muhsheen) noun → dredge1 (def. 2) …  

  • Dredging — Dredge Dredge (dr[e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged} (dr[e^]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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dredging — Dredge redirects here. For other uses, see Dredge (disambiguation). Dredgers redirects here. For the German municipality, see Dreggers. Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow… …   Wikipedia

  • dredging — 1) the removal of material from the bottom of water bodies using a scooping machine. This disturbs the ecosystem and causes silting that can kill fish 2) retrieving a crankbait such that it digs into the bottom, stimulating strikes by fish …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • dredging — dredÊ’ n. machine for removing large quantities of earth, earth mover v. coat food with flour or crumbs; search; dig, remove earth …   English contemporary dictionary

  • drain a canal for dredging — empty the water from a canal in order to deepen it with a dredging machine …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dredge — dredge1 /drej/, n., v., dredged, dredging. n. 1. Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the… …   Universalium

  • dredge — I. verb (dredged; dredging) Date: 1508 transitive verb 1. a. to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge often used with up b. to deepen (as a waterway) with a dredging machine 2. to bring to light by deep searching often used with up …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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