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单词 excelsior-machine
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excelsior-machine
3. A trade name for short thin curled shavings of soft wood used for stuffing cushions, mattresses, etc. Also attributive in excelsior-machine. Originally U.S.
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1868 Specif. U.S. Patent 75728 A machine for manufacturing that article of commerce technically called ‘excelsior’ for filling mattrasses.
1873 Furniture Gaz. 22 May 3/2Excelsior’ or fine wood shavings used for cheap upholstery purposes.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 815/1 Excelsior-Machine.
1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 9 June Large quantities of poplar-wood, to be used in the manufacture of excelsior.
1928 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 47 Mr. Wilham's fashionable West End pet-shop, where dogs lived in excelsior-floored cubicles.
1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice xv. 171 She lined it [sc. a carton] with excelsior, and on top of that put some woolen cloths.
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