Definition of grade

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Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..

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Shame :: Shame (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace..
Water Thermometer :: Water thermometer () A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39? Fahr., or 4? Centigrade; and from that point down to 32? Fahr., or 0? Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands..
Gradient :: Gradient (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
Gravigrade :: Gravigrade (n.) One of the pachyderms.
Tardigrade :: Tardigrade (a.) Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.
Diggers :: Diggers (n. pl.) A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Unphilosophize :: Unphilosophize (v. t.) To degrade from the character of a philosopher.
Kipskin :: Kipskin (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide..
Lessen :: Lessen (a.) To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune..
Sharp :: Sharp (n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps..
Graduate :: Graduate (n.) To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College..
Incline :: Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence..
Leveling :: Leveling (n.) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad..
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
Congo :: Congo (n.) Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea..
Calorie :: Calorie (n.) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0¡ to 1¡. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound..
Debase :: Debase (a.) To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words..
Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey..
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