dredging box 戽斗
Dredge \Dredge\, v. t.
To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.
--Beau. & Fl.
{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.
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}.