Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BOUGE
Etymology 1
Noun
bouge (uncountable)
(now historical) The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.
Etymology 2
Verb
bouge (third-person singular simple present bouges, present participle bouging, simple past and past participle bouged)
To swell out.
To bilge.
Anagrams
• Bogue, bogue
Source: Wiktionary
Bouge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bouged] Etym: [Variant of bulge. Cf. Bowge.]
1. To swell out. [Obs.]
2. To bilge. [Obs.] "Their ship bouged." Hakluyt.
Bouge, v. t.
Definition: To stave in; to bilge. [Obs.] Holland.
Bouge, n. Etym: [F. bouche mouth, victuals.]
Definition: Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. [Obs.] [They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. B. Jonson .
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 April 2024
GRADUAL
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
Coffee Trivia
