Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OVERSTRIKE
Etymology
Verb
overstrike (third-person singular simple present overstrikes, present participle overstriking, simple past and past participle overstruck)
(obsolete, reflexive) To overreach oneself while striking. [16th c.]
(transitive) To cover up (a design, mark etc.) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a mark or logo on (a coin, stamp, etc.). [from 20th c.]
(transitive) To strike (something) too hard. [from 20th c.]
Noun
overstrike (countable and uncountable, plural overstrikes)
(numismatics) A coin that has been overstruck, i.e. coined more than once. [from 20th c.]
(typography) The printing of one character over another, as - on top of L to produce Ł. [from 20th c.]
(computing, uncountable) overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them)
Anagrams
• strikeover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*strike", v. t.
Definition: To strike beyond. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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