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Webster 1913 Edition

Excelsior

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Ex-cel′si-or

,

Adj.

[L., compar. of

excelsus

elevated, lofty, p. p. of

excellere

. See

,

Verb.

T.

]

More lofty; still higher; ever upward.

Ex-cel′si-or

,

Noun.

A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.