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    deg.
    abbreviation
    degree; degrees.
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    deg
    verb
    to water (a plant, etc)

deg.

American  

abbreviation

  1. degree; degrees.


deg. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. degree

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

deg 2 British  
/ dɛɡ /

verb

  1. dialect to water (a plant, etc)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Caution: jaywalking some sts punishable $5 fine; Avge mean temp: 80 deg. summer, 45 deg. winter.

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Concerning the New Comet you mention, I saw it on the 11. of February, about the 24. deg. of Aries, with a Northern latitude of 24. deg.

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Loaf cakes, made with butter, with or without chocolate, take a temperature of from 350 deg. to 375 deg, Fah. for from forty minutes to an hour.

From American Cookery November, 1921 by Hill, Janet McKenzie

So I thought the deg was going to be massive for us.

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Lambiase warned him: "This tyre had reasonable deg in the first stint; I'd advise you to use your head a bit more."

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Click on the tab farthest to the right, labeled “Days Above 90 deg F in 2050.”

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Cooling water at the inlet of the cylinder-head 55.4 deg.

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