'Dredging box' definitions:

Definition of 'Dredging box'

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  • Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'dredging box'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]