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Definition of Dredged
1. dredge [v] - See also: dredge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dredged
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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