Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
VELL
Etymology 1
Verb
vell (third-person singular simple present vells, present participle velling, simple past and past participle velled)
(UK, dialect) To cut the turf from, as for burning.
Etymology 2
Noun
vell (plural vells)
(UK, dialect) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
Source: Wiktionary
Vell, n. Etym: [Cf. L. vellus the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt, or E. fell a hide.]
Definition: The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.]
Vell, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Vell, n.]
Definition: To cut the turf from, as for burning. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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