dredging machine

noun

1. dredge ¹( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of dredging machine¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Supposing a man was driving a dredging machine in the field and his horses became frightened and ran away and killed him.

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Perhaps one of the young gentlemen would like a dredging-machine?

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Among them are the gunboats,—a cross between a floating fort, a dredging-machine, and a mud-scow.

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In the port of Havana an additional duty of 21-7/8 cents per ton is levied on all vessels for the support of the dredging machine.

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This dredging machine was launched on the Clyde and reached Port Said in twenty days.

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