Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.
Cush"ion*et (k??sh"?n-?t), n. [OF. coissinet, F. coussinet. See Cushion, and cf. Coussinet.] A little cushion.
Cush"ion*less, a. Not furnished with a cushion.
Rows of long, cushionless benches, supplying the place of pews.
Hawthorne.
Cush"ion*y (-?), a. Like a cushion; soft; pliable.
A flat and cushiony nose.
Dickens.
Cush"ite (k?sh"?t), n. A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.
Cusk (k?sk), n. (Zo÷l.) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk.