cushew bird

The same as CUSHEW (q. v.). cushion, *cuischun, cusheon, *cush in, *cuy hen, *coyschun, *quy hen, s . [O. Fr. coi in ; Fr. cou in ; Ital. cuscino ; Sp. cor in : Port. coxim ; Ger, kü en , from Low Lat. * culcitinum , dim in. of Lat. culcita = a cushion, a pillow. The modes of spelling this word in Mid. Eng. are exceedingly numerous: over five hundred have been counted.] A. Ordinary Language : IMG:content-1631.png:[blocks in formation] 5. Elect .: The rubber smeared with amalgam, the friction of which against the gla cylinder or disc causes the electrical excitation. 6. Architecture: cushioning (1) The impost-stone on a pier; a cou inet. (2) A capital of a column so sculptured as to resemble a cushion pre ed down by the weight of its entablature. (3) The Norman capital, consisting of a cube with the lower extremities rounded off. 7. Steam - engine : A body of steam at the end of a cylinder to receive the impact of the piston. This little before the end of the stroke, or by opening the is accomplished by closing the eduction-port a induction-port on the same side of the piston, a little before the end of the stroke. ( Knight.) 8. Customs: A kind of dance formerly very common at weddings. [CUSHION-DANCE.] *9. Archery : The mark at which archers shot. [C. I.] C. Special phrases and compounds: *I. Phrases: 1. To hit or mi the cushion: To hit or mi the point. [B.9.] 2. To be beside the cushion : To be mistaken, to be deceived. [B. 9.] scopo aberrare."-Coles. Latin Dict. "To be beside the cushion. Scopumn on attingere; ὰ cushion." The Woman Turn'd Bully (1675). I tell thee, Ned, thou art quite beside the 3. To set , place , or put beside the cushion : To lay or set aside; to pa over; to lay or put on the shelf. forwardne in the good cause. Spalding , 1. 291. "Thus is he set beside the cushion, for his sincerity and II. Compounds : cushion: 1. Lady's cushion, Ladies ' cushion, Our Ladies ' (1) Gen.: Armeria maritima . (2) Locally : ( a ) Saxifraga hypnoides; (2) Chrysoplenium oppos it i folium; (3) Lotus corniculatus. ( Britten & Horland .) 2. Sea cushion: Armeria maritima. cushion capital, s. Arch.: The same as CUSHION, S., B. 6 (3).