Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SCRAT
Etymology 1
Verb
scrat (third-person singular simple present scrats, present participle scratting, simple past and past participle scratted)
(obsolete) To scratch, to use one's nails or claws.
(obsolete, UK) To rake; to search.
Etymology 2
Noun
scrat (plural scrats)
(obsolete) A hermaphrodite.
Etymology 3
Noun
scrat (plural scrats)
(obsolete) A devil.
Anagrams
• C-rats, CARTs, Carts, SCART, carts, crats, scart
Source: Wiktionary
Scrat, v. t. Etym: [OE. scratten. Cf. Scratch.]
Definition: To scratch. [Obs.] Burton.
Scrat, v. i.
Definition: To rake; to search. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
Scrat, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. scritta an hermaphrodite, Ir. scrut a scrub, a low, mean person, Gael. sgrut, sgruit, an old, shriveled person.]
Definition: An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] Skinner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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