Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
YULES
Noun
Yules
plural of Yule
Source: Wiktionary
YULE
Yule, n. Etym: [OE. yol, Ć½ol, AS. geĆ³l; akin to geĆ³la December or January, Icel. jol Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. Jolly.]
Definition: Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior. And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule. Drayton. Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony.
– Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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