Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
FINERY
finery
(noun) elaborate or showy attire and accessories
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
finery (countable and uncountable, plural fineries)
(obsolete) Fineness; beauty.
(countable) Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
(ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
Source: Wiktionary
Fin"er*y, n.
1. Fineness; beauty. [Obs.] Don't choose your place of study by the finery of the prospects. I. Watts.
2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels. Her mistress' cast-off finery. F. W. Robertson.
3. Etym: [Cf. Refinery.] (Iron Works)
Definition: A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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