Dradge vs Dredge - What's the difference?
dradge | dredge |
(mineralogy) Inferior ore, separated from the better ore by cobbing.
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
# A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
# A dredging machine.
# An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge
to bring something to the surface with a dredge
(Usually with up) to unearth, such as an unsavoury past
to coat moistened food with a powder, such as flour or sugar
A mixture of oats and barley.
As nouns the difference between dradge and dredge
is that dradge is (mineralogy) inferior ore, separated from the better ore by cobbing while dredge is any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: or dredge can be a mixture of oats and barley.As a verb dredge is
to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge or dredge can be to coat moistened food with a powder, such as flour or sugar.dradge
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Noun
(-)- (Raymond)
dredge
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Etymology 1
(Dredging) From (etyl) dreg-boat'' (from (etyl) *''drecg(e) ) or alternatively from (etyl) dregghe, probably ultimately from the same root as drag.Noun
(en noun)- (Raymond)
Verb
(dredg)Etymology 2
From (etyl) dragie, via (etyl) from (etyl) .Verb
(dredg)Etymology 3
(etyl) dragge, (etyl) .Noun
- (Kersey)
