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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cushion  \Cush"ion\  (k??sh"?n),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Cushioned} 
  (-?nd);  p.  pr  &  vb  {Cushioning}.] 
  1.  To  seat  or  place  on  or  as  on  a  cushion. 
 
  Many  who  are  cushioned  on  thrones  would  have 
  remained  in  obscurity.  --Bolingbroke. 
 
  2.  To  furnish  with  cushions;  as  to  cushion  a  chaise. 
 
  3.  To  conceal  or  cover  up  as  under  a  cushion. 
 
  {Cushioned  hammer},  a  dead-stroke  hammer.  See  under 
  {Dead-stroke}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  cushioning 
  n  :  soft  or  resilient  material  used  to  fill  or  give  shape  or 
  protect  or  add  comfort  [syn:  {padding}] 




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