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a. [ See Coffee. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caffeic acid, an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. caféine. See Coffee. ] (Chem.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, found in coffee and tea. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana. It is responsible for most of the stimulating effect of coffee or tea. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Caffeic + tannic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Ar. ] See Cafila. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Kaffir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. échafaud; probably originally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafalco. See Catafalque. ] 1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pardon, gentles all,
The flat, unraised spirits that have dared
On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
So great an object. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. [ 1913 Webster ]

That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scaffold. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]