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Definitions for: Cushion
[n] a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
[n] a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks"
[v] protect from impact; "cushion the blow"
Webster (1913) Definition: Cush"ion (k??sh"?n), 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; 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 (Zo["o]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to
Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so
called from its form.
Cush"ion (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned
(-?nd); p. pr. & vb. 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 chaise.
3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under
Dead-stroke.
Synonyms: buffer, shock, shock absorber, soften
See Also: air cushion, air spring, cushioning, damper, gaddi, hassock, head restraint, headrest, inflatable cushion, modify, muffler, padding, pillow, pincushion, seat cushion, suspension, suspension system, throw pillow
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