dredging box

2 definitions found

dredging box - 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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  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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