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cushion 1. the resilient felt-covered rim of a billiard table 2. short for air cushion 3. a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top cushion [′ku̇sh·ən] (petroleum engineering) A volume of water, drilling fluid, or compressed gas injected into the drill pipe or tubing to control both annular and formation pressures. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| She lay on the sofa with her face to the wall, fingering the buttons of the leather cushion and seeing nothing but that cushion, and her confused thoughts were centered on one subject- the irrevocability of death and her own spiritual baseness, which she had not suspected, but which had shown itself during her father's illness. Beside him is a spare cushion with which he is always provided in order that he may have something to throw at the venerable partner of his respected age whenever she makes an allusion to money--a subject on which he is particularly sensitive. The second suggested a public procession, headed by the Wampog himself, bearing the Holy Poker on a cushion of cloth-of-brass. |
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