Locke.
He counted it no derogation of his manhood to be seen to weep.
F. W. Robertson.
2. (Stock Exch.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.
De*rog"a*tive (?), a. Derogatory. -- De*rog"a*tive*ly, adv. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Der"o*ga`tor (?), n. [L.] A detractor.
De*rog"a*to*ri*ly (?), adv. In a derogatory manner; disparagingly. Aubrey.
De*rog"a*to*ri*ness, n. Quality of being derogatory.
De*rog"a*to*ry (?), a. Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from, to, or unto.
Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not.
Blackstone.
His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their order.
Macaulay.
Derogatory clause in a testament (Law), a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; -- a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion.
||Der`o*tre"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ros skin + &?;, &?;, hole.] (Zoöl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata. [Written also Derotrema.]
Der"re (?), a. Dearer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Der"rick (?), n. [Orig., a gallows, from a hangman named Derrick. The name is of Dutch origin; D. Diederik, Dierryk, prop. meaning, chief of the people; cf. AS. peódric, E. Theodoric, G. Dietrich. See Dutch, and Rich.] A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building.
Derrick crane, a combination of the derrick and the crane, having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the load horizontally.