Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PRICKLES
Noun
prickles
plural of prickle
(Ulster) gooseflesh
Verb
prickles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prickle
Anagrams
• Spickler, picklers
Source: Wiktionary
PRICKLE
Pric"kle, n. Etym: [AS. pricele, pricle; akin to LG. prickel, D. prikkel. See Prick, n.]
1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. Bacon.
2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade. B. Jonson.
3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]
Pric"kle, v. t.
Definition: To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points. Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my breath. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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