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