Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
frist (countable and uncountable, plural frists)
(obsolete) A certain space or period of time; respite.
(UK dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.
(UK dialectal) Credit; trust.
frist (third-person singular simple present frists, present participle fristing, simple past and past participle fristed)
(transitive, UK dialectal) To sell (goods) on trust or credit.
(UK dialectal) To grant respite.
(UK dialectal) To give a debtor credit or time for payment.
(ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To defer; postpone.
• FTIRs, First, SIRTF, first, frits, rifts
Source: Wiktionary
Frist, v. t. Etym: [OE. fristen, firsten, to lend, give respite, postpone, AS. firstan to give respite to; akin to first time, G. frist, Icel. frest delay.]
Definition: To sell upon credit, as goods. [R.] Crabb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.