Degras

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun ·Alt. of Degras.

II. Degras ·add. ·noun 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.