dredging machine

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noun

dredge¹(def 1).

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Nearby words

drecksill, dred scott decision, dredge, dredge up, dredger, dredging machine, dree, dreg, dreggy, dregs, dreibund

Origin of dredging machine

First recorded in 1820–30

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for dredging machine

Among them are the gunboats,—a cross between a floating fort, a dredging-machine, and a mud-scow.
My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field|Charles Carleton Coffin
Perhaps one of the young gentlemen would like a dredging-machine?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892|Various