Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SCRIBBLINGS
Noun
scribblings
plural of scribbling
Source: Wiktionary
SCRIBBLING
Scrib"bling, n. Etym: [See 1st Scribble.]
Definition: The act or process of carding coarsely. Scribbing machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler.
Scrib"bling, a.
Definition: Writing hastily or poorly. Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.
Scrib"bling, n.
Definition: The act of writing hastily or idly.
SCRIBBLE
Scrib"ble, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.)
Definition: To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.
Scrib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribling.] Etym: [From Scrible.]
1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
Scrib"ble, v. i.
Definition: To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope.
Scrib"ble, n.
Definition: Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Boyle. Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble. Bunyan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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