Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CHIVY
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
(verb) annoy continually or chronically; “He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked”; “This man harasses his female co-workers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chivy (plural chivies)
Alternative form of chevy
Verb
chivy (third-person singular simple present chivies, present participle chivying, simple past and past participle chivied)
Alternative form of chevy
Anagrams
• Vichy
Source: Wiktionary
Chiv"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chivied; p. pr. & vb. n. Chivying.] Etym: [Cf. Chevy.]
Definition: To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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