Bible Dictionaries
Excelsior

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) More lofty; still higher; ever upward.

(2):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Excelsior'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/excelsior.html. 1828.