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Webster's English Dictionary

cushion

n. [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 ()

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 (Zol.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. ()

v. t. 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 chaise. ()

3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. ()

Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. ()