Definition of Degras

1. a fat from sheepskins [n DEGRAS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Degras

degradement
degrader
degraders
degrades
degrading
degradingly
degradomics
degradosome
degradosomes
degranulate
degranulated
degranulates
degranulating
degranulation
degranulations
degras (current term)
degrative
degravitating
degravitation
degrease
degreased
degreaser
degreasers
degreases
degreasing
degreasings
degree
degree-day
degree Celsius
degree Centigrade

Literary usage of Degras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Whereas genuine moellon consists only of expressed oil, a second quality termed " secunda degras," or shortly " degras," is prepared by mixing genuine ..."

2. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"D£GRAS Genuine d£gras (natural degras) is a secondary product of the ... Artificial degras is obtained by mixing natural degras with fish, mineral or resin ..."

3. American Lubricants from the Standpoint of the Consumer by Luther Bynum Lockhart (1918)
"degras is used in making greases for lubrication, and the degras oil when neutral ... On account of the varying character of true degras and degras oils, ..."

4. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1915)
"degras I. GENERAL Under the terms degras * and moellon are understood the fats used in currying bark-tanned and chrome-tanned leather; it was formerly ..."

5. Leather Industries Laboratory Book of Analytical and Experimental Methods by Henry Richardson Procter (1908)
"In fact, a good deal of artificial degras is now manufactured by " blowing " or ... In the genuine manufac- • Interesting work on degras has been published, ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"The point I wish to make is that the degras there mentioned means wool grease but ... From this it can be seen that the term degras which originally had a ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Most kinds of degras contain non-saponifiable substances derived from the train oils. Thus, for instance, degras from sperm whale oil contains much ..."

8. A Hand-book of Industrial Organic Chemistry Adapted for the Use of by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1895)
"degras.—Among the side-products of the leather industry is one which is quite valuable for ... degras, originally obtained only as a side-product of the ..."

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