dredging box

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dredging box

noun dredging boxes

historical A container with a perforated lid, used for scattering sugar, flour, or other powder such as hair powder or meal powder) To render the fuzes of mortar shell more certain of taking fire, meal powder was sprinkled over them, after the shell had been placed in the mortar, from a dredging box.
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@misc{dredging_box_2026,
  title = {dredging box},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dredging%20box},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}