Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SLOCKEN
Etymology
Verb
slocken (third-person singular simple present slockens, present participle slockening, simple past and past participle slockened)
(transitive, dialectal) To put out, extinguish (a fire).
(transitive, dialectal) To quench; to allay; to slake.
Synonyms
• (quench): slock
Anagrams
• Conkles, enlocks
Source: Wiktionary
Slock, Slock"en, v. t.
Definition: To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake. [Obs. or Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
9 May 2025
RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Coffee Trivia
