Part 2692

<blockquote>Scarce with <b>cushat's</b> homely song can vie. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cushewbird</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cush"ew*bird</hw> <tt>(k?sh"?-b?rd`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>The galeated curassow. See <er>Curassow</er>.</def>

<h1>Cushion</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cush"ion</hw> <tt>(k??sh"?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cuischun</ets>, <ets>quisshen</ets>, OF. <ets>coissin</ets>, <ets>cuissin</ets>, F. <ets>coussin</ets>, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>culcitinum</ets>, dim. of L. <ets>culcita</ets> cushion, mattress, pillow. See <er>Quilt</er>, and cf. <er>Counterpoint</er> a <er>coverlet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.</def>

<blockquote>Two <b>cushions</b> stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf</def>; <sd>(b)</sd> <def>a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston</def>; <sd>(c)</sd> <def>the elastic edge of a billiard table.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also <altname>cushion dance</altname>.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<cs><col>Cushion capital</col>.<fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Cushion star</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>a pentagonal starfish belonging to <spn>Goniaster</spn>, <spn>Astrogonium</spn>, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cushion</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cush"ion</hw> <tt>(k??sh"?n)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Cushioned</er> <tt>(-?nd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb.</tt> <er>Cushioning</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.</def>

<blockquote>Many who are <b>cushioned</b> on thrones would have remained in obscurity. <i>Bolingbroke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To furnish with cushions; <as>as, to <ex>cushion</ex> a chaise</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.</def>

<cs><col>Cushioned hammer</col>, <cd>a dead-stroke hammer. See under <er>Dead-stroke</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cushionet</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cush"ion*et</hw> <tt>(k??sh"?n-?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>coissinet</ets>, F. <ets>coussinet</ets>. See <er>Cushion</er>, and cf. <er>Coussinet</er>.]</ety> <def>A little cushion.</def>

<h1>Cushionless</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cush"ion*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hot furnished with a cushion.</def>

<blockquote>Rows of long, <b>cushionless</b> benches, supplying the place of pews. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cushiony</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cush"ion*y</hw> <tt>(-?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a cushion; soft; pliable.</def>

<blockquote>A flat and <b>cushiony</b> noce. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cushite</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cush"ite</hw> <tt>(k?sh"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.</def>

<h1>Cusk</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cusk</hw> <tt>(k?sk)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, edible, marine fish (<spn>Brosmius brosme</spn>), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also <altname>tusk</altname> and <altname>torsk</altname>.</def>