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Webster 1913 Edition
Cushion
Cush′ion
(k??sh′?n)
, Noun.
[OE.
cuischun
, quisshen
, OF. coissin
, cuissin
, F. coussin
, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum
, dim. of L. culcita
cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt
, and cf. Counterpoint
a coverlet
.] 1.
A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.
Two
cushions
stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. Dryden.
2.
Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use
; as: (a)
a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf
; (b)
a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
; (c)
the elastic edge of a billiard table.
3.
A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; – called also
cushion dance
. Halliwell.
Cushion capital
.(Arch.)
A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature.
(b)
A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces.
– Cushion star
(Zool.)
a pentagonal starfish belonging to
Goniaster
, Astrogonium
, and other allied genera; – so called from its form.Cush′ion
(koŏsh′ŭn)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cushioned
(-ŭnd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cushioning
.] 1.
To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
Many who are
cushioned
on thrones would have remained in obscurity. Bolingbroke.
2.
To furnish with cushions;
as, to
. cushion
a chaise3.
To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
Cushioned hammer
, a dead-stroke hammer. See under
Dead-stroke
.Webster 1828 Edition
Cushion
CUSHION
,Noun.
1.
A pillow for a seat; a soft pad to be placed on a chair; a bag, stuffed with wool, hair or other soft material.2.
A bag of leather filled with sand, used by engravers to support the plate.3.
In gilding, a stuffing of fine tow or wool, covered by leather, on a board; used for receiving the leaves of gold from the paper, in order to its being cut into proper sizes and figures.Ladys cushion, a plant, a species of saxifraga.
Sea cushion, sea pink or thrift, a species of Statice.
CUSHION
,Verb.
T.