English Dictionary

excelsior

/ɛkˈsɛlsɪɔː/

noun

(US printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.

Excelsior is a type of wood pulp used in the US printing industry.

意味（1）

(US printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.

意味（2）

(Canada, US) Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled woodshavings, as a substitute for hair.

These little mangers, with baby dolls representing Jesus, porcelean Josephs and Marys, wide-eyed cows of papier-mâché, and excelsior for straw, were purchased by pious parents for well-behaved children at Christmas-tide.