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dredge (n.)
late 15c., in Scottish
dreg-boat
"boat for dredging," perhaps ultimately from root of
drag
(possibly via Middle Dutch
dregghe
"drag-net"). The verb is attested from c. 1500 in Scottish. Related:
Dredged
;
dredging
.
