Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TRAVOIS
Etymology
Noun
travois (plural travoises or travois)
A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse.
Anagrams
• Viators, viators
Source: Wiktionary
Tra`vois", n. [Cf. Travail.]
1. A primitive vehicle, common among the North American Indians, usually two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for a load.
On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises; dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impediments. Julian Ralph.
2. A logging sled. [Northern U. S. & Canada]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
20 April 2025
SALAD
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
Coffee Trivia
