Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SCRIBES
Noun
scribes
plural of scribe
Source: Wiktionary
SCRIBE
Scribe, n. Etym: [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.]
1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
2. (Jewish Hist.)
Definition: A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
Scribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing.]
1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser.
2. (Carp.)
Definition: To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.
Scribe, v. i.
Definition: To make a mark. With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. A. M. Mayer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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