dredge
noun
- device for underwater digging
verb
- deepen a channel by dragging material up
- investigate deeply
- dig up
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɹɛd͡ʒ/
name
Etymology: Variant spelling of Drage.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English dragge, from Old French dragee, dragie, from Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “spices”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma, “dried fruit”).
- A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
- A mixture of oats and barley.
“It is true that on the boulder clay of south Cambridgeshire they grew dredge, a mixture of oats and barley”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English dragge, from Old French dragee, dragie, from Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “spices”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma, “dried fruit”).
- To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
“Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier.”