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degrease, v.|diːˈgriːs| [f. de- II. 2 + grease n.] trans. To remove grease or fat from. Hence deˈgreaser; deˈgreasing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1889Cent. Dict., Degrease. 1900S. P. Sadtler Handbk. Industr. Org. Chem. (ed. 3) ix. 310 The only treatment of this kind, known technically as a degreasing process, is that with petroleum-naphtha. 1904Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 153/1 Degreasing, the process of extracting fat or grease from wool and bones by means of benzene or other solvent. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §158 s.v. Extractor, Benzine degreaser, bone degreaser (benzine process), degreaser, extracts grease (or tallow) from kitchen stuff, or butchers' scraps, by dissolving fat in petrol or benzine. Ibid. §334 Degreaser, in fellmongery puts pelts in tanks..containing benzine..to remove grease. 1930Field & Weill Electro-Plating iv. 80 This principle is achieved by..‘de-greasers’. 1939Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. CXXXIX. 168 The author compares the results of degreasing tests on a number of steel specimens covered with oil and fat..using petrol and three other unnamed degreasing agents. 1958New Scientist 3 July 305/1 The zinc layer is removed by three minutes' ‘pickling’ (the steel being degreased at the same time). 1963A. J. Hall Textile Sci. iv. 167 Wool fabric can also be degreased in a continuous manner by use of the I.C.I. trichloroethylene process. 1969Jane's Freight Containers 1968–69 531/1 The complete container is degreased inside and out. |