degras

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degras - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  D'egras \D['e]`gras"\, Degras \Deg"ras\, n. [F.; cf. F. gras, a.
     & n., fat.]
     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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]