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Cushion   /kˈʊʃən/   Listen
noun
Cushion  n.  
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."
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.
Cushion capital.(Arch.)
(a)
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.


verb
Cushion  v. t.  (past & past part. cushioned; pres. part. cushioning)  
1.
To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. "Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity."
2.
To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
3.
To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.





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"Cushion" Quotes from Famous Books



... Viscount pointed, Barnabas espied the touzled head of Captain Slingsby of the Guards protruding from beneath the settee, and reposing upon a cushion. The Captain's features were serene, and his breathing soft and regular, albeit deepening, ever and ...
— The Amateur Gentleman • Jeffery Farnol et al
... was then busy with his masterpiece "The Dream Journey," his cushion seat placed in the south verandah, a low desk before him. Cousin Gunendra would come and sit there for a time every morning. His immense capacity for enjoyment, like the breezes of spring, helped poetry to sprout. My eldest brother ...
— My Reminiscences • Rabindranath Tagore
... the hoof, unbraced by the sole and bars, begins to contract, the action of the frog upon the ground, which in the natural foot is threefold—acting as a cushion to receive the force of the blow and thus relieve the nerves and joints of the leg from concussion, opening and expanding the hoof by its upward pressure, quickening the circulation and thereby stimulating the natural secretions,—this all important part of the organization, ...
— Rational Horse-Shoeing • John E. Russell
... are going to run under water?" pondered Eph, sliding into the engine room and seating himself on the cushion opposite Andrews. ...
— The Submarine Boys on Duty - Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat • Victor G. Durham
... however, he lay down on a sofa in Letty's sitting-room, obliged to confess himself worn out. She made him comfortable, and after she had given him a cushion, she suddenly bent over him ...
— Sir George Tressady, Vol. II • Mrs. Humphry Ward


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