单词 | dredging |
释义 | dredgingn. a. The action of dredge v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > fishing with net > drag-netting dredging1622 dragging1768 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxiii. 158 In Anno, 1583..I was at the dregging of Pearle Oysters, after the maner we dregge Oysters in England. 1765 J. Platt in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 52 To use dragnets as they do in drudging for oisters. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xx. 414 So far as dredgings and soundings enable us to decide. b. concrete. That which is dredged up. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > [noun] > dredging > that which is dredged up dredging1881 1881 W. B. Carpenter Microscope xii. §474 It is curious that these two forms should present themselves in the same dredging. 1891 Law Rep.: Weekly Notes 20 June 120/1 Depositing thereon dredgings from the river. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as dredging-bag, dredging-bucket, dredging-engine, dredging-gear, dredging-iron, dredging-machine, dredging-steamer, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > dredging equipment dredge1471 clam-shell1508 drag1611 steam dredge1801 dredging-machine1830 hedgehog1838 bag and spoon1840 hydrophore1842 dredger1863 gold dredge1881 gold dredger1897 suction dredge1901 bucket dredge1907 cutter-dredge1913 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 33 The Stones..tore and totally destroyed our Drudging-bags. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 29 Drudging-engines. 1830 Mechanics' Mag. 13 64 The dredging-machines..were invented and patented by a Mr. Israel Pownall in 1712. 1840 Evid. Hull Docks Com. 37 Excavation..done by the dredging-machine. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 600 Improved grappling or dredging-iron, for drawing from the water the bodies of persons..drowned. 1860 J. S. C. Abbott South & North 65 A few dredging-steamers were also slumbering upon the mud. 1872 Porcupine 29 June 198/3 Set the dredging-buckets to work, and scooped it all away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > as lemmasˈdredging ˈdredging n. ; attributive as dredging-box. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > sprinkling with powder powdering1440 dredging1611 society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > spraying or sprinkling tools dust-box1581 dredger1666 dredging-box1712 spreader1810 dredge-box1812 distributor1853 deflector1887 squirter1888 sprayer1891 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > sprinkling with powder > device for dust-box1581 dredger1666 dredging-box1712 dredge-box1812 pulverizator1871 powder blower1875 powder gun1890 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rosti sanglant, a dredging with the powder of Hares bloud. 1712 W. King Let. in Art of Cookery (ed. 2) 14 Basting Ladles, Dripping Pans, and Drudging Boxes. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xcvi. 34 [This] all the flour in his drudging-box had not been able to whiten. 1851 Beck's Florist Sept. 203 Sulphur is a well-known remedy, dusted on the leaves, while wet, from a dredging-box. < n.1622 as lemmas |
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