Cushion

koosh′un, n. a case filled with some soft, elastic stuff, for resting on: a pillow: the 'pillow' used in making bone-lace: an engraver's pad: the rubber of an electrical machine: a pad supporting a woman's hair: the elastic lining of the inner side of a billiard-table: a body of steam remaining in the cylinder of a steam-engine, acting as a buffer to the piston.— v.t. to seat on or furnish with a cushion.— p.adj. Cush′ioned , furnished with a cushion, padded: having cushion-tires.— ns. Cush′ionet , a little cushion; Cush′ion-tire , a bicycle tire made of india-rubber tubing, with india-rubber stuffing.— adj. Cush′iony , like a cushion, soft. [O. Fr. coi in —L. coxinum , coxa , hip.]