cushion

cushion is a Noun

Definition:

[1] A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. Dryden.

[2] Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as:

[3] a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf;

[4] a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston;

[5] the elastic edge of a billiard table.

[6] A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. Halliwell. Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. -- Cushion star (Zoöl.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form.