jan 1, 1574 - dredge
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The apparatus on a boat used for collecting underwater objects or marine deposits, or the boat itself. If the example quoted here comes under this headword it seems to refer to quantities of stone 1574 <i>xv dyrdges of stane, beinge one loade and the fourte part of a dozen wyll make one blowme of yron</i>, Sheffield (HS2).
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