·noun A dredging machine.
II. Dredger ·noun One who fishes with a dredge.
III. Dredger ·noun A box with holes in its lid;
— used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard;
— called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box.
One that uses the net so called, for turbots, soles, sandlings, &c. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A vessel of 300 tons or more, fitted with steam-engine beams and metal buckets. By this powerful mac...