dredging-box

No — I beheld a female form, with mob-cap, bib, and apron, sleeves tucked up to the elbow, a dredging-box in the one hand, and in the other a sauce-ladle.

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

Boil a quart of milk, and when nearly cold, stir it in the middle of your pan of flour, with two spoonsful of yeast, and one of butter and salt; let it lighten for two or three hours; knead the flour in it, and let it rise again: a little while before you bake, roll it out, and cut it with the top of your dredging-box.

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea

A clogmaker combs out my wig upon my curate's head, by way of a block, and his wife powders it with a dredging-box.

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Stuart Dodgson Collingwood 1903

He was horrified to see Pompey give the wig a liberal sprinkling of gunpowder from the powder-horn, instead of starch from the dredging-box; and the explosion of the old wig was no longer assigned to diabolical, thaumaturgical, or meteorological influences.

Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

Christ-child hover above, but Santa Claus himself stood below, fur-clad, white-bearded, and powdered with snow from the dredging-box.

Jack and Jill Louisa May Alcott 1860

It is quite true that these small lights were always placed beautifully; and though the plate, after its "touching," generally looked as if ingeniously salted out of her dredging-box by an artistical cook, the salting was done with a spirit which no one else can now imitate.

The Harbours of England John Ruskin 1859

A small cooking-tray, holding pepper, salt, dredging-box, knife and spoon, should stand close at hand by the stove, (Fig. 14.) [Illustration: Fig. 14.] [Illustration: Fig. 15.]

American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

Mrs. Elder took the dredging-box out into the kitchen, and gave the cook a sound scolding for permitting the child to have it.

Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches 1847

In about ten minutes, the child opened the door and came in pulling the dredging-box, to which she had tied a string, along the floor, and marking the progress she made by a track of white meal.

Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches 1847

If you are very particular about dark gravies, keep your dredging-box full of scorched flour for that purpose.

The American Frugal Housewife Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841