Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DELPHINS
DELPHIN
Del"phin, Del"phine, a. Etym: [See Dauphin.]
Definition: Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).
Del"phin, n. Etym: [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.)
Definition: A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONSECRATION
(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”
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