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for Dredging box
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Dredge \Dredge\, v. t.
To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.
--Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. (Cookery)
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.
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