Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DEWING
Verb
dewing
present participle of dew
Noun
dewing
A contributor to corrosion?
Anagrams
• Gwendi, winged, wingèd
Proper noun
Dewing
A surname.
Anagrams
• Gwendi, winged, wingèd
Source: Wiktionary
DEW
Dew, n. Etym: [AS. deáw; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. dögg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dhav, to flow. Dag dew.]
1. Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night. Her tears fell with the dews at even. Tennyson.
2. Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. "The golden dew of sleep." Shak.
3. An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor. "The dew of his youth." Longfellow.
Note: Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc.
Dew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dewing.]
Definition: To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B. Saxton.
Dew, a. & n.
Definition: Same as Due, or Duty. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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