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  1. 1. n. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A mixture of oats and barley. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. cover before cooking Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water Source: wordnet
  10. 10. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Raymond. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:25/v:75 n. a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed v. cover before cooking v. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost v. remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water Source: ecdict

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