What does "excelsior" mean?
Excelsior: More lofty; still higher; ever upward.
Additional senses
- 2.A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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