Excelsior

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Slender, curved wood shavings used especially for packing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Loftier, yet higher; ever upward
  • n. An originally trademarked name for stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled wood shavings, as a substitute for hair.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. More lofty; still higher; ever upward.
  • n. A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Loftier; more elevated; higher: the motto of New York State, hence sometimes called the Excelsior State.
  • n. The trade-name of a fine quality of wood-shavings, used as stuffing for cushions, beds, etc., and as a packing material.
  • n. A printing-type, now known as 3-point—about 24 lines to the inch. It is too small for letters, but is used for characters of music, piece fractions, and border decorations. See type, 8.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wadding    packing    packing material   
    Cross Reference
    excelsior machine   
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