cushionn.

/ˈkʊʃən/

Forms: α. Middle English cuyschun, cuȝshen, Middle English–1500s cuyssh-, cuissh-, -in, -en, -un, -yn, etc.; Middle English–1600s quishin, qui-, quy-, qwi-, qwy-, ( quyi-), -ss-, -ssh-, -ssch-, -sch-, -sh-, ( szh-), -in, -yn, -en, -ene, -an, -on, -un, -ion, -yon, -ing, -ynge, etc.; 1500s quesion, 1700s quishing; Middle English whyss-, whyssh-, whish-, wyssh-, -in, -yne, -ene, etc., etc. β. Middle English–1500s cusshyn, cusshon, cusshen, cusshion, cussheyn; Middle English cusch-, cosch-, cossh-, kussh-, kossch-, cos-, -yn(e, -en, -oun, -one, -yon, -ing, cowssing, etc.; 1500s–1600s cush-en, cushin, cushyn, cushian, cusheon, cushing, etc., (1500s cussin, cochen, kushen; 1600s cuoshen, coussin, coussion); 1500s– cushion. (Nearly 70 forms occur.)

Etymology: Of this word Middle English had two types, α. cuisshin, quishin (northern whishin), < Old French coissin, later coessin, cuissin (13–15th cent. in Littré); and β. cusshyn, cushin, < French coussin (14th cent.)—earlier cussin (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); in both languages the latter type is the surviving one. Old French coissin was = French coissin, Catalan coixi, Spanish coxin, cojin, Italian coscino, cuscino < Latin type coxīnum, < coxa hip, thigh: compare Latin cubitāl elbow-cushion, < cubitus elbow. (See P. Meyer in Romania 1892, 87). The history of the form coussin, with which cushion goes, is more obscure. Hatzfeld suggests that it is an altered variant of coissin, influenced by Old French coute quilt < Latin culcita quilt, cushion. T. A. Jenkins in Mod. Lang. Notes, May 1893, argues for its being < late Latin *culticīnum, for *culcitīnum, a conjectured derivative of culcita; in which case coissin and coussin would be distinct words without etymological connection: this their history makes improbable.

a. A case of cloth, silk, etc. stuffed with some soft elastic material, used to give support or ease to the body in sitting, reclining, or kneeling.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > cushion

pillowOE

bolsterc1275

cushionc1374

squab1688

α.

1361 Will of Edw. Blk. Prince in Nichols Royall Wills (1780) 74 Curtyns, quissyns, traversyn.]

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1229 And doun she sette here by hym..vp-on a quysshon [v.r. cuisshyn] gold y-bete.

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. v. 9 Seetis of skynnes, ethir cuyschuns.

a1400 Isumbras 579 Bryng a chayere and a qwyschene.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 877 Whyssynes vpon queldepoyntes, þa[t] koynt wer boþe.

1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 36 Vj reof quisshens of worsted.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 211/2 Cuysshen, coessyn.

1547 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. App. A. 293 Ther was a carpet and quission laid..for the chief mourner.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. iv. 12 Beautified with greene quishins.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 74 It serueth vs instead of a quishion.

β. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xiii. 18 Woo to hem that sewen togider cusshens [a1425 L.V. cuschens] vndir eche cubit of hoond.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 94 Coschyne, sedile.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 111 Cuschone [1499 Pynson cusshyn], cuscina.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xix. xi And there was layd a cusshyn of gold that he shold knele vpon.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xlv. sig. Iii^v They set them downe on cosshyns of sylke.1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 800/1 Garnished with cushins of fine gold.a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 295 Ile haue them sleepe on Cushions in my Tent. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Seneca's Morals: Of Benefits xiii. 93 A Soldier lent you his Cloak for a Cushion.a1732 J. Gay Mad-dog (R.) A prude, at morn and evening prayer, Had worn her velvet cushion bare.1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxvii. 103 A space on the tiny lawn where rugs and cushions were spread out.

b. That set on the book-board of a pulpit, etc., to support the bible or other book; cf. cushion-cuffer n. at Compounds 2.

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1615 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 69 One clothe and one quission of black vellure for the pulpett.

1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 70 Neither is banging a Cushion, Oratory.

1719 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman You will observe some clergymen with their heads held down..within an inch of the cushion.

1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. ix. 151 To mend a rent in the cushion of the reading-desk.

c. The seat of a judge or ruler. Cf. woolsack n.

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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > seat of judgement

doom-settlec1000

doom-stoola1250

benchc1300

bink?a1400

bankc1450

judgement seat1526

tribunala1530

justice seat1548

pew1558

chair1629

cushion1656

banc1689

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. ix. 84 Maurice..having changed the Magistrates in many Townes..the Arminians were fain to leave the Cushion against their wills.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 130 The Court of Common Pleas had been outwitted by the Kings Bench, till his Lordship came upon the cushion.

1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. x. 415 Bhawani Sing..was placed upon his cushion of sovereignty by the assistant to the Political Agent in Malwa.

d. figurative; also as an emblem of ease and luxury.

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1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet B iv The diuell take al, if truth find not as many soft cushions to leane on, as trecherie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vii. 43 Not moouing From th'Caske to th'Cushion.

1652 A. Ross Hist. World Pref. 1 Idlenesse..the Devils Cushion, as the Fathers call it.

1785 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 174 At last [I] have placed myself much at my ease upon the cushion of this one resolution.

1833 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) V. 89 Cullies, the easy cushion on which Knaves and Knavesses repose.

2. transferred.

a. Applied to anything resembling or acting as a cushion.

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1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. viii. 25 The silver moss and lichen twined..A cushion fit for age.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) i. 19 Protected from..the violence of its waves by cushions of still water.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 220 A circular leaf~bearing cushion.

1954 Economist 30 Oct. 411/1 Tea shares are a tricky market; numerous small companies whose shares seldom change hands make it impossible for the stock jobbers to hold any cushion of stock.

1955 Times 6 July 5/5 Mr. Eric Fletcher..moved an amendment to enable a plaintiff to be entitled to costs on High Court scale when he recovered a sum of £250 or more. He said the introduction of this ‘cushion’ was essential to justice.

1965 Listener 17 June 886/2 Part of their training was to find themselves jobs and hold them with no ecclesiastical cushion to fall back on.

†b. A swelling simulating pregnancy: sometimes called Queen Mary's cushion, after Mary Tudor. (Perhaps sometimes an actual cushion or pad.) Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of pregnancy or birth > [noun] > false conception or pregnancy

molaa1398

mole?c1425

maw mother?c1475

mooncalf1565

whetstone1580

cushion1600

false conception1601

pseudocyesis1859

pseudopregnancy1860

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iv. 14 But I pray God the fruite of her wombe miscarry. Sincklo. If it doe, you shall haue a dozzen of cushions againe, you haue but eleuen nowe.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iii. 24 And thus his pregnant motives are at last prov'd nothing but a Tympany, or a Queen Maries Cushion.

1689 Let. fr. the Pope in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 370 That a King..should praise (or rather mock) God for a child, whilst his Queen had only conceived a pillow, and was brought to bed of a cushion..This was the old contrivance of another Mary-Queen.

1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 37 His Wife went fourty Weeks with a Cushion.

a. In various specific and technical applications: as, the ‘pillow’ used in making bone-lace; a receptacle for pins, a pincushion n.; †an ink-pad for inking a seal, die, etc. (obsolete); a flat leathern bag filled with pounce, used by engravers to support the plate; the elastic leathern pad on which gold-leaf is spread and cut with the palette knife; the rubber of an electrical machine.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > pillow

cushion1574

pillow1726

lace pillow1786

bott1793

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > metal plate > equipment

sandbag1658

cushion1735

scraper1747

bridge1860

transfer-press1877

society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > inking pad

cushion1776

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts

armOE

button?1561

running gear1663

relax1676

collar1678

drumhead1698

long arm1717

drum1744

press cloth1745

head1785

absorber1789

bearing plate1794

crown1796

rhodings1805

press box1825

alternator1829

cushion1832

saw tooth1835

shoe1837

keyboard1839

returner1839

cross-head1844

channel shoe1845

baster1846

water port1864

shifter1869

magazine1873

entry port1874

upsetter1875

mechanism1876

tapper1876

tension bar1879

buttonholer1882

take-up1884

auger1886

instrument panel1897

balancer1904

torsion bar1937

powerhead1960

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > equipment

pallet1728

tip1815

mordant1825

cushion1837

mop1838

mixtion1890

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 512 To see hir..take hir cusshin for boane lace, or hir rock to spinne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 87 Your Beards deserue not so honourable a graue, as to stuffe a Botchers Cushion .

1735 Dict. Polygraph. at Engraving The Graving cushion is a roundish, but flattish leather bag filled with sand to lay the plate upon, on which it may be turn'd easily any way at pleasure.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 239 Like those cushions your gossips stick with pins in hearts, lozenges and various forms against a lying in.

1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 43/2 He dipt his seal on the cushion and sealed the bond.

1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Electricity iii. §57. 15 The earlier electricians contented themselves with using the hand as a rubber, till a cushion was introduced for that purpose by Professor Winkler.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 117 [article Carver & Gilder] With one hand he holds the cushion, which is merely a flat board covered with soft leather.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 214 [article Engraver] The sand~bag, or cushion..is used for laying the copper plate upon.

1866 Joyce's Sci. Dial. 492 (Electrical Machine) The cushion or rubber is fixed on a glass pillar.

b. A pad worn by women under the hair; a pad or bustle worn beneath the skirt of a woman's dress.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [noun] > pad or cushion

roll1532

cock-up1692

cushion1774

system1778

toque1817

rat1863

mouse1866

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > contrivance for expanding skirts > bustle, pads, or cushion

bum roll1602

roll1602

Scotch bum1607

Scotch fall1607

rump roll1707

rump1710

bustle1786

bustler1787

cushion1806

dress improver1842

improver1844

bishopa1860

tournure1872

1774 Westm. Mag. 2 424 We are sorry to find the Ladies returning..to the long-exploded mode of dressing their hair with the borrowed aid of the Cushion.

1806 Lady Douglas in Examiner 15 Mar. 1813, 173/1 She wore a cushion behind.

1860 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. (ed. 2) (Gloss.) at Hair-dressing The hair was arranged over a cushion formed of wool, and covered with silk.

c. The elastic rim or lining of the inner side of a billiard-table or bagatelle board, from which the balls rebound.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > table > cushion

cushion1778

cush1895

1778 T. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved 193 The Adversary is obliged to play Bricole from the opposite Cushion.

1837 D. Walker Games & Sports 89 There are likewise two small cushions placed against the sides.

1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green xii. 113 A game of billiards on a wooden table that had no cushions.

1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) i. 5 The cushions are now almost universally made of vulcanised India-rubber, though..old players say that the stroke is more certain from the old stuffed list cushions.

d. Mechanics. A body of steam (or air) left in the cylinder of a steam-engine (or air-engine) to act as an elastic buffer to the piston. Also, a body of air which supports an aircraft, hovercraft, etc.

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the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > water in the form of > steam > body of steam in cylinder of engine

cushion1848

the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > elasticity of air > body of air acting as buffer or support

air pillow1828

air cushion1853

cushion1891

society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > air as medium for operation of aircraft > [noun] > supporting body of air

cushion1928

1848 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 1 78 A cushion of steam is interposed to partially sustain the force of the blow [in a steam hammer].

1891 W. J. Millar Rankine's Man. Steam Engine (ed. 13) 364 The volume of the cushion air when it is under the greatest pressure [in an air engine].

1928 New Republic 15 Aug. 331/1 When the plane catches itself on a cushion of air at the end of a plunge, you feel heavy.

1960 Aeroplane XCIX. 770/1 This new craft has, in fact, been designed to enable operators to obtain practical experience with air-cushion craft ‘in the field’.

1967 Gloss. Terms Air-Cushion Vehicles (B.S.I.) 5 Cushion, a volume of air under pressure enclosed between the bottom of an ACV and the supporting surface by rigid structure, curtains, skirts or any combination thereof.

e. A sweetmeat in the shape of a cushion.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > drop, lozenge, or comfit

comfit1334

pastille1451

table1580

confect1587

violet tables1620

sugar-pluma1668

plum1694

nonpareil1697

rose drop1727

lemon-drop1807

drop1818

jujube1835

pear drop1852

pandrop1877

conversation lozenge1905

cushion1906

fruit drop1907

1906 E. Nesbit Railway Children ix. 190 I'll give you some peppermint cushions for the little ones.

1921 L. Thorpe Bonbons & Simple Sugar Sweets 49 Satin Cushions... With a pair of scissors cut the mixture into small cushions and leave them until quite firm.

1970 J. Aiken Embroidered Sunset v. 89 Bars of coconut candy, mounds of chocolate drops, of peppermint cushions.

f. A small dam or body of water to catch the water falling from a weir.

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1927 W. G. Bligh Irrig. Wks. (ed. 3) 109 The system of providing water cushions to canal falls by lowering the floor below the bed of the channel down stream.

4. In a horse, pig, etc.:

a. The fleshy part of the buttock.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > rump

arseeOE

croupc1300

crouponc1400

rumpc1425

rumplec1430

narsea1500

podex1601

poop1611

rump enda1658

breech1710

cushion1710

postabdomen1824

stern1830

bottle1935

dinger1943

ding1957

1710 London Gaz. No. 4777/4 Both of them formerly cut with I.G. on the Cushion.

1712 London Gaz. No. 4858/4 A black Spot on each Quishing.

1722 London Gaz. No. 6079/9.

1893 N.E.D. at Cushion Mod. A cut of bacon off the cushion.

b. The fibro-fatty frog in the interior of a horse's hoof; also the coronet or fibrous pad extending round the upper part of the foot, immediately above, and united to the hoof.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > hoof > substance inside hoof

frush1607

frog1610

furch1842

cushion1892

frog pad1908

1892 W. Fream Elem. Agric. (ed. 4) xix. 344 Outside these structures are two fibro-cartilages, one on each side, united behind and below by the plantar cushion..The coronary cushion.

a. Entomology. The little pad or cushion-like process of an insect's foot; a pulvillus.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > leg(s) > tarsus > pulvillus

pulvillus1814

cushion1828

foot-pad1865

pad1871

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 285 A distinct cushion; antennæ of nine joints.

b. Botany. The enlargement at, or just below, the point of attachment of some leaves; a pulvinus; also a dense mass of foliage such as is formed by some saxifrages and stonecrops.

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1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 137 Sedum acre..Tufts or cushions 3–10 in. diam.

6. Architecture. = coussinet n.

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1852 S. C. Brees Gloss. Pract. Archit. 133 Cushion, or Coussinet, a stone lying on the top of a pier supporting an arch.

†7. A drinking-vessel. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun]

chalicec825

napeOE

copc950

fullOE

cupc1000

canOE

shalec1075

scalec1230

maselin?a1300

mazer1311

richardine1352

dish1381

fiole1382

pece1383

phialc1384

gobletc1400

bowl-cup1420

chalice-cup1420

crusec1420

mazer-cup1434

goddard1439

stoup1452

bicker1459

cowl1476

tankard1485

stop1489

hanapa1513

skull1513

Maudlin cup1544

Magdalene cup?a1549

mazer bowl1562

skew1567

shell1577

godet1580

mazard1584

bousing-can1590

cushion1594

glove1609

rumkin1636

Maudlin pot1638

Pimlico1654

mazer dish1656

mug1664

tumbler1664

souce1688

streaker1694

ox-eye1703

false-cup1708

tankard-cup1745

poculum1846

phiale1867

tumbler-cup1900

stem-cup1915

sippy cup1986

1594 Taming of a Shrew 11 Why, Tapster, I say, Fils a fresh cushen heere!

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaa4^v/2 Quissions ye knaves..Enter Drawer with Quissions.

8. (Our) Lady's Cushion (see lady's cushion n. and Our Lady n. Compounds 2b).

9. Cycling. Short for cushion-tire n. at Compounds 2.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre

rubber1875

tyre1875

tirea1877

pneumatic1890

cushion1891

cushion-tire1891

pneu1891

solid tyre1891

balloon tyre1899

single-tube1904

tubular tyre1908

shoe1917

solid1919

tubular1924

air wheel1930

skin1954

tub1978

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Sept. 1/1 Twenty-one starters, five using pneumatic tyres, two cushions, all the rest solids.

10. Phrases.

†a. to miss the cushion: to miss the mark; to make a mistake, err. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase]

to miss the cushiona1529

to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546

to pray without one's beads1641

to have the wrong end of the stick?1793

to bark up the wrong tree1832

the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834

to have another think coming1896

you have another guess coming1935

to be off the beam1941

blow1943

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.viii And whan he weneth so syt Yet may he mysse the quysshon.

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 48 Yet hath he missed the kushen in many placis.

1593 M. Drayton Idea vii. sig. G4^v Thy wits done erre, and misse the cushen quite.

a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 168 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He was elected Archbishop of St. Davids, but at Rome he was out-bid, by him that had more money, and missed the Cushin.

1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 157 He hath missed the cushen and sitteth bare.

1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 45 They may misse the cushion in the analogie of the place.

†b. beside (or wide of) the cushion: away from the main purpose or argument, beside the mark; erroneously or mistakenly. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adverb]

beside (or wide of) the cushion1576

in (also under, upon) a mistake1622

mistakenly1660

misunderstandinglya1667

mistakably1844

misapprehendingly1862

misapprehensively1862

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Epitome sig. Bj^v Thou leanest beside the cushing.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 78 He raungeth abroad to originall sinne altogether besides the cushian.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Heautontimoroumenos iii. iii, in Terence in Eng. 230 Thou art beside the cushin [L. erras].

1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 517 He is wide of the cushion.

a1783 H. Brooke Female Officer i. xiii The man did not speak much beside the cushion of common sense.

†c. to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion: to turn (any one) out of his place or position; to depose, set aside; to deprive or disappoint of an office or dignity. Obsolete.

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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]

outOE

deposec1300

remuec1325

to put out1344

to set downc1369

deprivec1374

outputa1382

removea1382

to throw outa1382

to put downc1384

privea1387

to set adowna1387

to put out of ——?a1400

amovec1425

disappoint1434

unmakec1475

dismiss1477

dispoint1483

voidc1503

to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546

relieve1549

cass1550

displace1553

unauthorize1554

to wring out1560

seclude1572

eject1576

dispost1577

decass1579

overboard1585

cast1587

sequester1587

to put to grass1589

cashier1592

discompose1599

abdicate1610

unseat1611

dismount1612

disoffice1627

to take off1642

unchair1645

destitute1653

lift1659

resign1674

quietus1688

superannuate1692

derange1796

shelve1812

shelf1819

Stellenbosch1900

defenestrate1917

axe1922

retire1961

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Lii^v I maie set you besyde the cushyn yit.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1305/1 To put enimitie betweene the king and hir; and to set hir besides the cushion.

a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 188 Sometimes putting them besides the cushion, and placing others in their roome.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 4 [The] maister of Forbes his regiment wes..dischargeit..Thus is he set besyde the cushioun.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

cushion-canvas n.

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gaze, Cushion Canuas; the thinne Canuas that serues women for a ground vnto their Cushions, or Purse-worke, &c.

cushion-cover n.

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1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 61 The cushion-cover..has a ground of royal purple velvet.

1960 I. Jefferies Dignity & Purity xii. 183 She carried on enthusing about cushion covers.

cushion-layer n.

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1679 Trials of Green & Berry 64 Mrs. Warrier..being Cushion-layer in the Chappel.

cushion-stuffer n.

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1886 Daily News 14 Dec. 7/6 Billiard cushion stuffer wanted.

cushion-footed adj.

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1865 Reader 12 Aug. 175/3 A smooth and velvety tiger..Supple and cushion-footed.

cushion-like adj.

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1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. lix Soft mosse..Whose velvet hue and verdure cushion-like did show.

1951 S. Spender World within World 258 Fields enclosed by cushion-like hedges.

cushion-shaped adj.

cushion style n.

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1876 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (new ed.) viii. 81 Done in cross and tent stitch, or the ‘cushion style’.

C2. Also cushion-cloth n., cushion-dance n.

cushion capital n. Architecture (see quots.).

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > types of

cushioned capitala1771

cushion capital1835

lotus capital1837

dosseret1865

1835 Whewell Archit. Notes German Ch. 55 Cushion capitals..consist of large cubical masses projecting considerably over the shaft of the column, and rounded off at the lower corners.

1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1227 Cushion Capital, a capital used in Romanesque and early Mediæval architecture, resembling a cushion pressed down by a weight. It is also a cap consisting of a cube rounded off at its lower angles, largely used in the Norman period.

† cushion-cuffer n. Obsolete = cushion-thumper n.

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1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 36 Our impertinently idl Pulpit-praters, or..too busily laborious Cushion-Cuffers.

† cushion-lord n. Obsolete (see quot.).

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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Cushion-lord, a lord made by favour, and not for good service to the state; hence, an effeminate person.

cushion-pink n. a name for Thrift ( Armeria maritima).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > sea lavender and allied flowers

moly1578

Our Lady's cushion1578

sea-grass1578

thrift1592

marsh lavender1597

sea spike-grass1597

statice1601

sea-cushion1629

sea-gilliflower1629

sea-thrift1706

sea-pink1731

lavender thrift1760

sea lavender1760

marsh rosemary1777

sea-daisy1838

sea-beet1845

cushion-pink1863

sea-lavender1865

1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Cushion-pink, from its dense tufted growth.

cushion plant n. a plant that grows in a dense cushion-like tuft (cf. sense 5b above).

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > plants having other distinctive habits

rosette plant1876

cushion plant1903

1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. iv. 705 The type of cushion-plants..is represented in the alpine region of mountains of higher latitudes in both hemispheres..by a multitude of forms.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 764/1 In ‘cushion plants’ the leaves are very small, very close together, and the low habit is protective against winds.

cushion-rafter n. an auxiliary rafter beneath and parallel to a principal rafter, a principal brace.

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1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. 652 Sometimes called principal braces, and sometimes cushion rafters.

cushion-rest n. in Billiards (see quot.).

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1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 28 Cushion-rests are rests, shaped to fit over the face of the cushion.

cushion-rider n. an early name for a hovercraft type of vehicle supported by a ‘cushion’ of air.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > hovercraft

cushion-rider1959

hovercraft1959

hydroskimmer1960

ACV1962

1959 Times 13 Aug. 10/2 This year's Farnborough flying display will feature..a ‘cushion-rider’.

1961 Spectator 14 July 53 A cushion-rider can be lifted vertically and then driven over the ground at speeds which reach into the take-off speeds of ordinary jet aircraft.

cushion-riding n. and adj.

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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > riding the waves > riding on cushion of air

cushion-riding1960

hovering1967

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [adjective] > utilizing air-cushion

cushion-riding1960

1960 Aeroplane 99 771/1 Doubtless it has other applications and ideas for cushion-riding craft in mind.

1961 Spectator 14 July 53 A transition between cushion-riding and ordinary aerofoil lift.

cushion-scale n. a common scale-insect, very injurious to orange and other trees.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > member of (scale)

scale1822

larch-scale1831

scale-insect1840

mussel scale1853

black scale1880

cottony cushion-scale1886

cushion-scale1886

coccid1892

1886 Rep. Comm. Agric. Washington U.S. 466 The Cottony Cushion-scale is found only in California, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.

cushion-star n. a fossil starfish of the genus Goniaster.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > order Phanerozonia > member of genus Goniaster

cushion-star1843

sea pincushion1863

1843 Forbes in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 80 Orange-yellow..with crimson-red, are the usual hues of the cushion-stars.

cushion-stitch n. a flat embroidery stitch used to fill in backgrounds in old needlework, esp. in Church embroidery.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other

chain-stitch1598

French knot1623

picot1623

petty-point1632

tent-stitch1639

brede-stitch1640

herringbone stitch1659

satin stitch1664

feather-stitch1835

Gobelin stitch1838

crowfoot1839

seedingc1840

German stitch1842

petit point1842

long stitch1849

looped stitch1851

hem-stitch1853

loop-stitch1853

faggot stitch1854

spider-wheel1868

dot stitch1869

picot stitch1869

slip-stitch1872

coral-stitch1873

stem stitch1873

rope stitch1875

Vienna cross stitch1876

witch stitch1876

pin stitch1878

seed stitch1879

cushion-stitch1880

Japanese stitch1880

darning-stitch1881

Kensington stitch1881

knot-stitch1881

bullion knot1882

cable pattern1882

Italian stitch1882

lattice-stitch1882

queen stitch1882

rice stitch1882

shadow-stitch1882

ship-ladder1882

spider-stitch1882

stem1882

Vandyke stitch1882

warp-stitch1882

wheel-stitch1882

basket-stitch1883

outline stitch1885

pointing1888

bullion stitchc1890

cable-stitchc1890

oriental stitchc1890

Turkish stitchc1890

Romanian stitch1894

shell-stitch1895

saddle stitch1899

magic stitch1900

plumage-stitch1900

saddle stitching1902

German knot stitch1903

trellis1912

padding stitch1913

straight stitch1918

Hungarian stitch1921

trellis stitch1921

lazy daisy1923

diamond stitchc1926

darning1930

faggot filling stitch1934

fly stitch1934

magic chain stitch1934

glove stitch1964

pad stitch1964

1880 L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery v. 47 Cushion Stitches are taken..so as to leave all the silk and crewel on the surface.

cushion-thumper n. a preacher who indulges in violent action.

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a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) iii. v. 51 Thou violent Cushion-thumper, hold thy tongue.

cushion-tire n. a bicycle tire made of india-rubber tubing stuffed with shreds of india-rubber.

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rubber1875

tyre1875

tirea1877

pneumatic1890

cushion1891

cushion-tire1891

pneu1891

solid tyre1891

balloon tyre1899

single-tube1904

tubular tyre1908

shoe1917

solid1919

tubular1924

air wheel1930

skin1954

tub1978

1891 Cyclist 25 Feb. 164 Cushion Tyres are getting quite fashionable here.

cushion-tired adj.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [adjective] > of or relating to cycles > of or relating to bicycle > types of bicycle

cushioned1891

cushion-tired1891

free-wheeled1900

sit-up-and-beg1936

recumbent1968

1891 Wheeling 4 Mar. 436 We rode 40 miles on a cushion-tyred Cremorne.

cushion-work n. in Embroidery (see quot.).

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1845 Ecclesiologist 4 98 The [gold] threads are laid upon the linen, and fastened down at intervals with silk. This method is called cushion-work.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cushion
释义	cushionn. /ˈkʊʃən/ Forms: α. Middle English cuyschun, cuȝshen, Middle English–1500s cuyssh-, cuissh-, -in, -en, -un, -yn, etc.; Middle English–1600s quishin, qui-, quy-, qwi-, qwy-, ( quyi-), -ss-, -ssh-, -ssch-, -sch-, -sh-, ( szh-), -in, -yn, -en, -ene, -an, -on, -un, -ion, -yon, -ing, -ynge, etc.; 1500s quesion, 1700s quishing; Middle English whyss-, whyssh-, whish-, wyssh-, -in, -yne, -ene, etc., etc. β. Middle English–1500s cusshyn, cusshon, cusshen, cusshion, cussheyn; Middle English cusch-, cosch-, cossh-, kussh-, kossch-, cos-, -yn(e, -en, -oun, -one, -yon, -ing, cowssing, etc.; 1500s–1600s cush-en, cushin, cushyn, cushian, cusheon, cushing, etc., (1500s cussin, cochen, kushen; 1600s cuoshen, coussin, coussion); 1500s– cushion. (Nearly 70 forms occur.) Etymology: Of this word Middle English had two types, α. cuisshin, quishin (northern whishin), < Old French coissin, later coessin, cuissin (13–15th cent. in Littré); and β. cusshyn, cushin, < French coussin (14th cent.)—earlier cussin (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); in both languages the latter type is the surviving one. Old French coissin was = French coissin, Catalan coixi, Spanish coxin, cojin, Italian coscino, cuscino < Latin type coxīnum, < coxa hip, thigh: compare Latin cubitāl elbow-cushion, < cubitus elbow. (See P. Meyer in Romania 1892, 87). The history of the form coussin, with which cushion goes, is more obscure. Hatzfeld suggests that it is an altered variant of coissin, influenced by Old French coute quilt < Latin culcita quilt, cushion. T. A. Jenkins in Mod. Lang. Notes, May 1893, argues for its being < late Latin culticīnum, for culcitīnum, a conjectured derivative of culcita; in which case coissin and coussin would be distinct words without etymological connection: this their history makes improbable. 1. a. A case of cloth, silk, etc. stuffed with some soft elastic material, used to give support or ease to the body in sitting, reclining, or kneeling. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > cushion pillowOE bolsterc1275 cushionc1374 squab1688 α. 1361 Will of Edw. Blk. Prince in Nichols Royall Wills (1780) 74 Curtyns, quissyns, traversyn.] c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1229 And doun she sette here by hym..vp-on a quysshon [v.r. cuisshyn] gold y-bete. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. v. 9 Seetis of skynnes, ethir cuyschuns. a1400 Isumbras 579 Bryng a chayere and a qwyschene. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 877 Whyssynes vpon queldepoyntes, þa[t] koynt wer boþe. 1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 36 Vj reof quisshens of worsted. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 211/2 Cuysshen, coessyn. 1547 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. App. A. 293 Ther was a carpet and quission laid..for the chief mourner. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. iv. 12 Beautified with greene quishins. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 74 It serueth vs instead of a quishion. β. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xiii. 18 Woo to hem that sewen togider cusshens [a1425 L.V. cuschens] vndir eche cubit of hoond.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 94 Coschyne, sedile.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 111 Cuschone [1499 Pynson cusshyn], cuscina.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xix. xi And there was layd a cusshyn of gold that he shold knele vpon.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xlv. sig. Iii^v They set them downe on cosshyns of sylke.1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 800/1 Garnished with cushins of fine gold.a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 295 Ile haue them sleepe on Cushions in my Tent. View more context for this quotation1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Seneca's Morals: Of Benefits xiii. 93 A Soldier lent you his Cloak for a Cushion.a1732 J. Gay Mad-dog (R.) A prude, at morn and evening prayer, Had worn her velvet cushion bare.1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxvii. 103 A space on the tiny lawn where rugs and cushions were spread out. b. That set on the book-board of a pulpit, etc., to support the bible or other book; cf. cushion-cuffer n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1615 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 69 One clothe and one quission of black vellure for the pulpett. 1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 70 Neither is banging a Cushion, Oratory. 1719 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman You will observe some clergymen with their heads held down..within an inch of the cushion. 1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. ix. 151 To mend a rent in the cushion of the reading-desk. c. The seat of a judge or ruler. Cf. woolsack n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > seat of judgement doom-settlec1000 doom-stoola1250 benchc1300 bink?a1400 bankc1450 judgement seat1526 tribunala1530 justice seat1548 pew1558 chair1629 cushion1656 banc1689 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. ix. 84 Maurice..having changed the Magistrates in many Townes..the Arminians were fain to leave the Cushion against their wills. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 130 The Court of Common Pleas had been outwitted by the Kings Bench, till his Lordship came upon the cushion. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. x. 415 Bhawani Sing..was placed upon his cushion of sovereignty by the assistant to the Political Agent in Malwa. d. figurative; also as an emblem of ease and luxury. ΚΠ 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet B iv The diuell take al, if truth find not as many soft cushions to leane on, as trecherie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vii. 43 Not moouing From th'Caske to th'Cushion. 1652 A. Ross Hist. World Pref. 1 Idlenesse..the Devils Cushion, as the Fathers call it. 1785 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 174 At last [I] have placed myself much at my ease upon the cushion of this one resolution. 1833 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) V. 89 Cullies, the easy cushion on which Knaves and Knavesses repose. 2. transferred. a. Applied to anything resembling or acting as a cushion. ΚΠ 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. viii. 25 The silver moss and lichen twined..A cushion fit for age. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) i. 19 Protected from..the violence of its waves by cushions of still water. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 220 A circular leaf~bearing cushion. 1954 Economist 30 Oct. 411/1 Tea shares are a tricky market; numerous small companies whose shares seldom change hands make it impossible for the stock jobbers to hold any cushion of stock. 1955 Times 6 July 5/5 Mr. Eric Fletcher..moved an amendment to enable a plaintiff to be entitled to costs on High Court scale when he recovered a sum of £250 or more. He said the introduction of this ‘cushion’ was essential to justice. 1965 Listener 17 June 886/2 Part of their training was to find themselves jobs and hold them with no ecclesiastical cushion to fall back on. †b. A swelling simulating pregnancy: sometimes called Queen Mary's cushion, after Mary Tudor. (Perhaps sometimes an actual cushion or pad.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of pregnancy or birth > [noun] > false conception or pregnancy molaa1398 mole?c1425 maw mother?c1475 mooncalf1565 whetstone1580 cushion1600 false conception1601 pseudocyesis1859 pseudopregnancy1860 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iv. 14 But I pray God the fruite of her wombe miscarry. Sincklo. If it doe, you shall haue a dozzen of cushions againe, you haue but eleuen nowe. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iii. 24 And thus his pregnant motives are at last prov'd nothing but a Tympany, or a Queen Maries Cushion. 1689 Let. fr. the Pope in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 370 That a King..should praise (or rather mock) God for a child, whilst his Queen had only conceived a pillow, and was brought to bed of a cushion..This was the old contrivance of another Mary-Queen. 1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 37 His Wife went fourty Weeks with a Cushion. 3. a. In various specific and technical applications: as, the ‘pillow’ used in making bone-lace; a receptacle for pins, a pincushion n.; †an ink-pad for inking a seal, die, etc. (obsolete); a flat leathern bag filled with pounce, used by engravers to support the plate; the elastic leathern pad on which gold-leaf is spread and cut with the palette knife; the rubber of an electrical machine. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > pillow cushion1574 pillow1726 lace pillow1786 bott1793 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > metal plate > equipment sandbag1658 cushion1735 scraper1747 bridge1860 transfer-press1877 society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > inking pad cushion1776 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts armOE button?1561 running gear1663 relax1676 collar1678 drumhead1698 long arm1717 drum1744 press cloth1745 head1785 absorber1789 bearing plate1794 crown1796 rhodings1805 press box1825 alternator1829 cushion1832 saw tooth1835 shoe1837 keyboard1839 returner1839 cross-head1844 channel shoe1845 baster1846 water port1864 shifter1869 magazine1873 entry port1874 upsetter1875 mechanism1876 tapper1876 tension bar1879 buttonholer1882 take-up1884 auger1886 instrument panel1897 balancer1904 torsion bar1937 powerhead1960 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > equipment pallet1728 tip1815 mordant1825 cushion1837 mop1838 mixtion1890 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 512 To see hir..take hir cusshin for boane lace, or hir rock to spinne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 87 Your Beards deserue not so honourable a graue, as to stuffe a Botchers Cushion . View more context for this quotation 1735 Dict. Polygraph. at Engraving The Graving cushion is a roundish, but flattish leather bag filled with sand to lay the plate upon, on which it may be turn'd easily any way at pleasure. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 239 Like those cushions your gossips stick with pins in hearts, lozenges and various forms against a lying in. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 43/2 He dipt his seal on the cushion and sealed the bond. 1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Electricity iii. §57. 15 The earlier electricians contented themselves with using the hand as a rubber, till a cushion was introduced for that purpose by Professor Winkler. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 117 [article Carver & Gilder] With one hand he holds the cushion, which is merely a flat board covered with soft leather. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 214 [article Engraver] The sand~bag, or cushion..is used for laying the copper plate upon. 1866 Joyce's Sci. Dial. 492 (Electrical Machine) The cushion or rubber is fixed on a glass pillar. b. A pad worn by women under the hair; a pad or bustle worn beneath the skirt of a woman's dress. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [noun] > pad or cushion roll1532 cock-up1692 cushion1774 system1778 toque1817 rat1863 mouse1866 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > contrivance for expanding skirts > bustle, pads, or cushion bum roll1602 roll1602 Scotch bum1607 Scotch fall1607 rump roll1707 rump1710 bustle1786 bustler1787 cushion1806 dress improver1842 improver1844 bishopa1860 tournure1872 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 424 We are sorry to find the Ladies returning..to the long-exploded mode of dressing their hair with the borrowed aid of the Cushion. 1806 Lady Douglas in Examiner 15 Mar. 1813, 173/1 She wore a cushion behind. 1860 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. (ed. 2) (Gloss.) at Hair-dressing The hair was arranged over a cushion formed of wool, and covered with silk. c. The elastic rim or lining of the inner side of a billiard-table or bagatelle board, from which the balls rebound. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > table > cushion cushion1778 cush1895 1778 T. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved 193 The Adversary is obliged to play Bricole from the opposite Cushion. 1837 D. Walker Games & Sports 89 There are likewise two small cushions placed against the sides. 1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green xii. 113 A game of billiards on a wooden table that had no cushions. 1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) i. 5 The cushions are now almost universally made of vulcanised India-rubber, though..old players say that the stroke is more certain from the old stuffed list cushions. d. Mechanics. A body of steam (or air) left in the cylinder of a steam-engine (or air-engine) to act as an elastic buffer to the piston. Also, a body of air which supports an aircraft, hovercraft, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > water in the form of > steam > body of steam in cylinder of engine cushion1848 the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > elasticity of air > body of air acting as buffer or support air pillow1828 air cushion1853 cushion1891 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > air as medium for operation of aircraft > [noun] > supporting body of air cushion1928 1848 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 1 78 A cushion of steam is interposed to partially sustain the force of the blow [in a steam hammer]. 1891 W. J. Millar Rankine's Man. Steam Engine (ed. 13) 364 The volume of the cushion air when it is under the greatest pressure [in an air engine]. 1928 New Republic 15 Aug. 331/1 When the plane catches itself on a cushion of air at the end of a plunge, you feel heavy. 1960 Aeroplane XCIX. 770/1 This new craft has, in fact, been designed to enable operators to obtain practical experience with air-cushion craft ‘in the field’. 1967 Gloss. Terms Air-Cushion Vehicles (B.S.I.) 5 Cushion, a volume of air under pressure enclosed between the bottom of an ACV and the supporting surface by rigid structure, curtains, skirts or any combination thereof. e. A sweetmeat in the shape of a cushion. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > drop, lozenge, or comfit comfit1334 pastille1451 table1580 confect1587 violet tables1620 sugar-pluma1668 plum1694 nonpareil1697 rose drop1727 lemon-drop1807 drop1818 jujube1835 pear drop1852 pandrop1877 conversation lozenge1905 cushion1906 fruit drop1907 1906 E. Nesbit Railway Children ix. 190 I'll give you some peppermint cushions for the little ones. 1921 L. Thorpe Bonbons & Simple Sugar Sweets 49 Satin Cushions... With a pair of scissors cut the mixture into small cushions and leave them until quite firm. 1970 J. Aiken Embroidered Sunset v. 89 Bars of coconut candy, mounds of chocolate drops, of peppermint cushions. f. A small dam or body of water to catch the water falling from a weir. ΚΠ 1927 W. G. Bligh Irrig. Wks. (ed. 3) 109 The system of providing water cushions to canal falls by lowering the floor below the bed of the channel down stream. 4. In a horse, pig, etc.: a. The fleshy part of the buttock. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > rump arseeOE croupc1300 crouponc1400 rumpc1425 rumplec1430 narsea1500 podex1601 poop1611 rump enda1658 breech1710 cushion1710 postabdomen1824 stern1830 bottle1935 dinger1943 ding1957 1710 London Gaz. No. 4777/4 Both of them formerly cut with I.G. on the Cushion. 1712 London Gaz. No. 4858/4 A black Spot on each Quishing. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6079/9. 1893 N.E.D. at Cushion Mod. A cut of bacon off the cushion. b. The fibro-fatty frog in the interior of a horse's hoof; also the coronet or fibrous pad extending round the upper part of the foot, immediately above, and united to the hoof. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > hoof > substance inside hoof frush1607 frog1610 furch1842 cushion1892 frog pad1908 1892 W. Fream Elem. Agric. (ed. 4) xix. 344 Outside these structures are two fibro-cartilages, one on each side, united behind and below by the plantar cushion..The coronary cushion. 5. a. Entomology. The little pad or cushion-like process of an insect's foot; a pulvillus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > leg(s) > tarsus > pulvillus pulvillus1814 cushion1828 foot-pad1865 pad1871 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 285 A distinct cushion; antennæ of nine joints. b. Botany. The enlargement at, or just below, the point of attachment of some leaves; a pulvinus; also a dense mass of foliage such as is formed by some saxifrages and stonecrops. ΚΠ 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 137 Sedum acre..Tufts or cushions 3–10 in. diam. 6. Architecture. = coussinet n. ΚΠ 1852 S. C. Brees Gloss. Pract. Archit. 133 Cushion, or Coussinet, a stone lying on the top of a pier supporting an arch. †7. A drinking-vessel. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] chalicec825 napeOE copc950 fullOE cupc1000 canOE shalec1075 scalec1230 maselin?a1300 mazer1311 richardine1352 dish1381 fiole1382 pece1383 phialc1384 gobletc1400 bowl-cup1420 chalice-cup1420 crusec1420 mazer-cup1434 goddard1439 stoup1452 bicker1459 cowl1476 tankard1485 stop1489 hanapa1513 skull1513 Maudlin cup1544 Magdalene cup?a1549 mazer bowl1562 skew1567 shell1577 godet1580 mazard1584 bousing-can1590 cushion1594 glove1609 rumkin1636 Maudlin pot1638 Pimlico1654 mazer dish1656 mug1664 tumbler1664 souce1688 streaker1694 ox-eye1703 false-cup1708 tankard-cup1745 poculum1846 phiale1867 tumbler-cup1900 stem-cup1915 sippy cup1986 1594 Taming of a Shrew 11 Why, Tapster, I say, Fils a fresh cushen heere! a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaa4^v/2 Quissions ye knaves..Enter Drawer with Quissions. 8. (Our) Lady's Cushion (see lady's cushion n. and Our Lady n. Compounds 2b). 9. Cycling. Short for cushion-tire n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre rubber1875 tyre1875 tirea1877 pneumatic1890 cushion1891 cushion-tire1891 pneu1891 solid tyre1891 balloon tyre1899 single-tube1904 tubular tyre1908 shoe1917 solid1919 tubular1924 air wheel1930 skin1954 tub1978 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Sept. 1/1 Twenty-one starters, five using pneumatic tyres, two cushions, all the rest solids. 10. Phrases. †a. to miss the cushion: to miss the mark; to make a mistake, err. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase] to miss the cushiona1529 to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546 to pray without one's beads1641 to have the wrong end of the stick?1793 to bark up the wrong tree1832 the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834 to have another think coming1896 you have another guess coming1935 to be off the beam1941 blow1943 a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.viii And whan he weneth so syt Yet may he mysse the quysshon. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 48 Yet hath he missed the kushen in many placis. 1593 M. Drayton Idea vii. sig. G4^v Thy wits done erre, and misse the cushen quite. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 168 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He was elected Archbishop of St. Davids, but at Rome he was out-bid, by him that had more money, and missed the Cushin. 1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 157 He hath missed the cushen and sitteth bare. 1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 45 They may misse the cushion in the analogie of the place. †b. beside (or wide of) the cushion: away from the main purpose or argument, beside the mark; erroneously or mistakenly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adverb] beside (or wide of) the cushion1576 in (also under, upon) a mistake1622 mistakenly1660 misunderstandinglya1667 mistakably1844 misapprehendingly1862 misapprehensively1862 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Epitome sig. Bj^v Thou leanest beside the cushing. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 78 He raungeth abroad to originall sinne altogether besides the cushian. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Heautontimoroumenos iii. iii, in Terence in Eng. 230 Thou art beside the cushin [L. erras]. 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 517 He is wide of the cushion. a1783 H. Brooke Female Officer i. xiii The man did not speak much beside the cushion of common sense. †c. to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion: to turn (any one) out of his place or position; to depose, set aside; to deprive or disappoint of an office or dignity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Lii^v I maie set you besyde the cushyn yit. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1305/1 To put enimitie betweene the king and hir; and to set hir besides the cushion. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 188 Sometimes putting them besides the cushion, and placing others in their roome. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 4 [The] maister of Forbes his regiment wes..dischargeit..Thus is he set besyde the cushioun. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. cushion-canvas n. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gaze, Cushion Canuas; the thinne Canuas that serues women for a ground vnto their Cushions, or Purse-worke, &c. cushion-cover n. ΚΠ 1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 61 The cushion-cover..has a ground of royal purple velvet. 1960 I. Jefferies Dignity & Purity xii. 183 She carried on enthusing about cushion covers. cushion-layer n. ΚΠ 1679 Trials of Green & Berry 64 Mrs. Warrier..being Cushion-layer in the Chappel. cushion-stuffer n. ΚΠ 1886 Daily News 14 Dec. 7/6 Billiard cushion stuffer wanted. b. cushion-footed adj. ΚΠ 1865 Reader 12 Aug. 175/3 A smooth and velvety tiger..Supple and cushion-footed. cushion-like adj. ΚΠ 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. lix Soft mosse..Whose velvet hue and verdure cushion-like did show. 1951 S. Spender World within World 258 Fields enclosed by cushion-like hedges. cushion-shaped adj. cushion style n. ΚΠ 1876 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (new ed.) viii. 81 Done in cross and tent stitch, or the ‘cushion style’. C2. Also cushion-cloth n., cushion-dance n. cushion capital n. Architecture (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > types of cushioned capitala1771 cushion capital1835 lotus capital1837 dosseret1865 1835 Whewell Archit. Notes German Ch. 55 Cushion capitals..consist of large cubical masses projecting considerably over the shaft of the column, and rounded off at the lower corners. 1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1227 Cushion Capital, a capital used in Romanesque and early Mediæval architecture, resembling a cushion pressed down by a weight. It is also a cap consisting of a cube rounded off at its lower angles, largely used in the Norman period. † cushion-cuffer n. Obsolete = cushion-thumper n. ΚΠ 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 36 Our impertinently idl Pulpit-praters, or..too busily laborious Cushion-Cuffers. † cushion-lord n. Obsolete (see quot.). ΚΠ 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Cushion-lord, a lord made by favour, and not for good service to the state; hence, an effeminate person. cushion-pink n. a name for Thrift ( Armeria maritima). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > sea lavender and allied flowers moly1578 Our Lady's cushion1578 sea-grass1578 thrift1592 marsh lavender1597 sea spike-grass1597 statice1601 sea-cushion1629 sea-gilliflower1629 sea-thrift1706 sea-pink1731 lavender thrift1760 sea lavender1760 marsh rosemary1777 sea-daisy1838 sea-beet1845 cushion-pink1863 sea-lavender1865 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Cushion-pink, from its dense tufted growth. cushion plant n. a plant that grows in a dense cushion-like tuft (cf. sense 5b above). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > plants having other distinctive habits rosette plant1876 cushion plant1903 1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. iv. 705 The type of cushion-plants..is represented in the alpine region of mountains of higher latitudes in both hemispheres..by a multitude of forms. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 764/1 In ‘cushion plants’ the leaves are very small, very close together, and the low habit is protective against winds. cushion-rafter n. an auxiliary rafter beneath and parallel to a principal rafter, a principal brace. ΚΠ 1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. 652 Sometimes called principal braces, and sometimes cushion rafters. cushion-rest n. in Billiards (see quot.). ΚΠ 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 28 Cushion-rests are rests, shaped to fit over the face of the cushion. cushion-rider n. an early name for a hovercraft type of vehicle supported by a ‘cushion’ of air. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > hovercraft cushion-rider1959 hovercraft1959 hydroskimmer1960 ACV1962 1959 Times 13 Aug. 10/2 This year's Farnborough flying display will feature..a ‘cushion-rider’. 1961 Spectator 14 July 53 A cushion-rider can be lifted vertically and then driven over the ground at speeds which reach into the take-off speeds of ordinary jet aircraft. cushion-riding n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > riding the waves > riding on cushion of air cushion-riding1960 hovering1967 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [adjective] > utilizing air-cushion cushion-riding1960 1960 Aeroplane 99 771/1 Doubtless it has other applications and ideas for cushion-riding craft in mind. 1961 Spectator 14 July 53 A transition between cushion-riding and ordinary aerofoil lift. cushion-scale n. a common scale-insect, very injurious to orange and other trees. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > member of (scale) scale1822 larch-scale1831 scale-insect1840 mussel scale1853 black scale1880 cottony cushion-scale1886 cushion-scale1886 coccid1892 1886 Rep. Comm. Agric. Washington U.S. 466 The Cottony Cushion-scale is found only in California, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. cushion-star n. a fossil starfish of the genus Goniaster. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > order Phanerozonia > member of genus Goniaster cushion-star1843 sea pincushion1863 1843 Forbes in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 80 Orange-yellow..with crimson-red, are the usual hues of the cushion-stars. cushion-stitch n. a flat embroidery stitch used to fill in backgrounds in old needlework, esp. in Church embroidery. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other chain-stitch1598 French knot1623 picot1623 petty-point1632 tent-stitch1639 brede-stitch1640 herringbone stitch1659 satin stitch1664 feather-stitch1835 Gobelin stitch1838 crowfoot1839 seedingc1840 German stitch1842 petit point1842 long stitch1849 looped stitch1851 hem-stitch1853 loop-stitch1853 faggot stitch1854 spider-wheel1868 dot stitch1869 picot stitch1869 slip-stitch1872 coral-stitch1873 stem stitch1873 rope stitch1875 Vienna cross stitch1876 witch stitch1876 pin stitch1878 seed stitch1879 cushion-stitch1880 Japanese stitch1880 darning-stitch1881 Kensington stitch1881 knot-stitch1881 bullion knot1882 cable pattern1882 Italian stitch1882 lattice-stitch1882 queen stitch1882 rice stitch1882 shadow-stitch1882 ship-ladder1882 spider-stitch1882 stem1882 Vandyke stitch1882 warp-stitch1882 wheel-stitch1882 basket-stitch1883 outline stitch1885 pointing1888 bullion stitchc1890 cable-stitchc1890 oriental stitchc1890 Turkish stitchc1890 Romanian stitch1894 shell-stitch1895 saddle stitch1899 magic stitch1900 plumage-stitch1900 saddle stitching1902 German knot stitch1903 trellis1912 padding stitch1913 straight stitch1918 Hungarian stitch1921 trellis stitch1921 lazy daisy1923 diamond stitchc1926 darning1930 faggot filling stitch1934 fly stitch1934 magic chain stitch1934 glove stitch1964 pad stitch1964 1880 L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery v. 47 Cushion Stitches are taken..so as to leave all the silk and crewel on the surface. cushion-thumper n. a preacher who indulges in violent action. ΚΠ a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) iii. v. 51 Thou violent Cushion-thumper, hold thy tongue. cushion-tire n. a bicycle tire made of india-rubber tubing stuffed with shreds of india-rubber. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre rubber1875 tyre1875 tirea1877 pneumatic1890 cushion1891 cushion-tire1891 pneu1891 solid tyre1891 balloon tyre1899 single-tube1904 tubular tyre1908 shoe1917 solid1919 tubular1924 air wheel1930 skin1954 tub1978 1891 Cyclist 25 Feb. 164 Cushion Tyres are getting quite fashionable here. cushion-tired adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [adjective] > of or relating to cycles > of or relating to bicycle > types of bicycle cushioned1891 cushion-tired1891 free-wheeled1900 sit-up-and-beg1936 recumbent1968 1891 Wheeling 4 Mar. 436 We rode 40 miles on a cushion-tyred Cremorne. cushion-work n. in Embroidery (see quot.). ΚΠ 1845 Ecclesiologist 4 98 The [gold] threads are laid upon the linen, and fastened down at intervals with silk. This method is called cushion-work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). cushionv. /ˈkʊʃən/ Etymology: < cushion n. 1. a. transitive. To furnish with a cushion or cushions. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with a cushion cushion1820 1820 W. Irving Country Ch. in Sketch Bk. (1865) 124 The congregation..sat in pews, sumptuously lined and cushioned. in extended use.1890 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 11/1 An eyot cushioned with luxurious grass. b. To pad or protect as with cushions. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)] shieldc825 frithc893 werea900 i-schield971 berghOE biwerec1000 grithc1000 witec1000 keepc1175 burghena1225 ward?c1225 hilla1240 warrantc1275 witiec1275 forhilla1300 umshadea1300 defendc1325 fendc1330 to hold in or to warrantc1330 bielda1350 warisha1375 succoura1387 defencea1398 shrouda1400 umbeshadow14.. shelvec1425 targec1430 protect?1435 obumber?1440 thorn1483 warrantise1490 charea1500 safeguard1501 heild?a1513 shend1530 warrant1530 shadow1548 fence1577 safekeep1588 bucklera1593 counterguard1594 save1595 tara1612 target1611 screenc1613 pre-arm1615 custodite1657 shelter1667 to guard against1725 cushion1836 enshield1855 mind1924 buffer1958 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)] > furnish with specific protective device or substance bastion1654 cushion1836 rod1877 mask1916 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 158/1 [The] surfaces [of the scapula] are cushioned with muscles. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xi. 118 No persuasive blandness could cushion him against the shock. 1958 Times 23 Jan. 7/2 Aircraft firms should diversify their activities so that their other work could cushion the fluctuations in aircraft requirements. 1962 Listener 19 Apr. 672/1 The trouble he has been at..to take action now to cushion the economy against a recession. 2. To rest, seat, or set (a person or thing) upon a cushion; to support, or prop up with cushions. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [verb (transitive)] > support with a cushion cushion1735 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 143 Instead of inhabiting Palaces, and being cushion'd up in Thrones. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. ix. 165 The eye never slides off the landscape, but cushions itself upon it with a sense of security and repose. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 183 Propped and cushioned up on both sides. 3. figurative. To suppress (anything) quietly; to take no notice of it. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] fordita800 forheedc1275 forget1297 to let out ofa1300 spele1338 to go beside ——a1382 waivec1400 remiss?a1425 to go by ——?c1450 misknowledge?a1475 misknow1483 misken1494 to go besides ——1530 to let pass1530 unregard1545 unmind1562 overlook1570 mislippen1581 suspend1581 omit1589 blanch1605 to blow off1631 disregard1641 to pass with ——1641 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 prescind1654 nihilify1656 proscribe1680 unnotice1776 ignore1795 to close one's mind1797 cushion1818 to leave out in the cold1839 overslaugh1846 unheed1847 to write off1861 to look through ——1894 scrub1943 1818 J. Milner in F. C. Husenbeth Life J. Milner (1862) 350 The South and West thought it prudent to cushion it. 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 273 The book..has been much less talked of than it deserves to be. We trust there is no desire in certain circles to cushion it. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. v. 129 There my courage failed: I preferred to cushion the matter. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 1/1 The way in which complaints are cushioned in official quarters is startling. 4. Billiards. Categories » a. To place or leave (a ball) close to, or resting against, the cushion. Categories » b. intransitive. (In U.S.) To make the ball hit the cushion before cannoning or after contact with one of the balls. Cent. Dict. 5. To deaden the stroke of (the piston) by a cushion of steam; to form into a cushion of steam. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [verb (transitive)] > emit as fumes or vapour > form or deaden by cushion of steam cushion1850 1850 [see cushioning n. at Derivatives]. 1891 W. J. Millar Rankine's Man. Steam Engine (ed. 13) 420 The quantity of steam confined or ‘cushioned’ is just sufficient to fill the clearance at the initial pressure. Derivatives ˈcushioning n. spec. in Mechanics see quots. and cf. cushion n. 3d. ΚΠ 1850 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 3 104 This cushioning of the pistons, and the gradual restraining of the momentum. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 501/2 [article Steam-engine] Admission before the end of the back stroke..together with the compression of steam left in the cylinder when the exhaust port closes, produces the mechanical effect of cushioning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1374v.1735
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