Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
FISHTAILING
Verb
fishtailing
present participle of fishtail
Source: Wiktionary
FISHTAIL
Fish"-tail`, a.
Definition: Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish.
– Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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