DEGRAS; DEGRAS
Dé`gras", Deg"ras, n. [F.; cf. F. gras, a. & n., fat.]
Defn: A semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly solely a by-product of chamois leather manufacture, but is now made for its own sake, being valuable as a dressing for hides.
DEGRAVATION
Deg`ra*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. degravare, degravatum, to make heavy.
See Grave, a.]
Defn: The act of making heavy. [Obs.] Bailey.
DEGREASE
De*grease", v. t.
Defn: To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk.
DEGREE
De*gree", n. Etym: [F. degré, OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See
Degrade.]
1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R.
2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.
3. The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position. "A dame of high degree." Dryden. "A knight is your degree." Shak. "Lord or lady of high degree." Lowell.