Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
KNOBBING
KNOB
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
knobbing
present participle of knob
Noun
knobbing (plural knobbings)
A pattern of knobs or lumps.
(UK, vulgar, slang) A session of penetrative sexual intercourse.
Source: Wiktionary
Knob"bing, n. (Stone Quarrying)
Definition: Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.
KNOB
Knob, n. Etym: [A modification of knop. Cf. Nob.]
1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. Chaucer.
3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] Bartlett.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.
Knob, v. i.
Definition: To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] Drant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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