Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SWARDED
Etymology
Adjective
swarded (not comparable)
Covered with sward.
Anagrams
• Edwards, wadders
Source: Wiktionary
Sward"ed, a.
Definition: Covered with sward. Mrs. Browning.
SWARD
Sward, n. Etym: [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svör skin, sward of the earth.]
1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf. The sward was trim as any garden lawn. Tennyson. Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]
Sward, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.]
Definition: To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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