Definition of Dredged

1. Verb. (past of dredge) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dredged

1. dredge [v] - See also: dredge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dredged

drearing
drearings
drearisome
drears
drearsome
dreary
dreave
dreckier
dreckiest
dreckley
drecks
drecky
dredge
dredge up
dredged (current term)
dredger
dredgers
dredges
dredging
dredging bucket
dredgings
dredlocks
dreds
dree
dree one's weird
dreed
dreeing
dreely
dreep

Literary usage of Dredged

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"Professor Wyville Thomson, Dr. Carpenter, and Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys have placed the collection of stony corals dredged up by them in the ' Porcupine' Expedition ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"MEASUREMENT OF dredged MATERIAL. — When a harbor or channel is to be dredged the basis of ... I, Chapter XI I. If the quantity dredged is determined by scow ..."

3. Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery by Marion Harland (1874)
"Nearly a quart of berries—well dredged with flour. Make a batter of eggs, ... When you are ready to boil it, stir in the dredged fruit quickly and lightly. ..."

4. Hydrographic Surveying: Methods, Tables and Forms of Notes by Samuel Hill Lea (1905)
"When dredged material is measured in place by means of soundings, the operation ... Thus, for example, when material is dredged from a canal, the excavation ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1881)
"We have dredged this species east of Inchkeith, 18 fathoms ; north-west of the Isle of May, 26 fathoms; and have found it frequently on- the beach at ..."

6. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1913)
"The last is a test of the cutter dredge described on page 103, and built in 1901 for use on the St. Lawrence River.f The " Delta " is said to have dredged ..."

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