Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PIQUETING
PIQUET
Piqu"et, n.
Definition: See Picket. [R.]
Pi*quet", n. Etym: [F., prob. fr. pique. See Pique, Pike, and Picket.]
Definition: A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside. [Written also picket and picquet.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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