Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
GROUTINGS
Noun
groutings
plural of grouting
Source: Wiktionary
GROUTING
Grout"ing, n.
Definition: The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in. Gwilt.
GROUT
Grout, n. Etym: [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. grütze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel, and Z. groats.]
1. Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.
2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.]
3. pl.
Definition: Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] "Grouts of tea." Dickens.
4. A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt.
Grout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouting.]
Definition: To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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