Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SCABBED
Verb
scabbed
simple past tense and past participle of scab
Adjective
scabbed (comparative more scabbed, superlative most scabbed)
Affected or covered with scabs.
(by extension) Vile; worthless.
Source: Wiktionary
Scab"bed ( or ), a.
1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.
2. Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless. Bacon.
SCAB
Scab, n. Etym: [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS. scæb, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies, tr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See Shave, and cf. Shab, Shabby.]
1. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.]
3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. Chaucer.
4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
5. (Founding)
Definition: A slight iregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] Shak.
7. A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike. [Cant]
Scab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]
Definition: To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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