Deg

//dɛɡ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of degree. abbreviation, alt-of, countable
  2. 2
    Initialism of dwarf elliptical galaxy. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of dwarf elliptical galaxy. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Clipping of degradation. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of diethylene glycol. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To sprinkle, moisten. Northern-England, dialectal

    "Degged with dew, dappled with dew / Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, / Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, / And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn."

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dedediethylene glycol

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""Home Alone" is called "I Yiman-inu deg Uxxam" in Berber."

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