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• Excelsior (wood wool) — Excelsior is a wood product made of fibers from the Aspen tree, used in packaging, cushioning, stuffing of stuffed animals, and for the cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers.Excelsior, dyed green, makes an annual …   Wikipedia

• Excelsior — is a Latin and archaic English word meaning ever higher . It may refer to: Contents 1 Literature and music 1.1 Science fiction 2 Motto and catchphrase 3 Sports and games …   Wikipedia

• Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …   Universalium

• Excelsior Hotel Ernst Cologne (Cologne) — Excelsior Hotel Ernst Cologne country: Germany, city: Cologne (City / Dom) Excelsior Hotel Ernst Cologne Location In the heart of the city opposite the magnificent Cathedral and only a few minutes walk from the shopping area and the railway… …   International hotels

• excelsior — L. excelsior higher, comp. of excelsus (adj.) high, elevated, lofty, pp. of excellere (see EXCEL (Cf. excel)), taken 1778 as motto of New York State, where it apparently was mistaken for an adverb. Popularized 1841 as title of a poem by… …   Etymology dictionary

• excelsior — ☆ excelsior [ek sel′sē ôr΄, iksel′sē ər; ] for n. [, ek sel′sē ər, ik sel′sēər ] adj., interj. [L, compar. of excelsus, lofty, high < pp. of excellere, EXCEL: EXCELSIOR n. < orig. use as trademark] higher; always upward: used as a motto (as …   English World dictionary

• Wood Creek No. 281, Saskatchewan — Wood Creek No. 281 is a rural municipality located in southcentral Saskatchewan, Canada, adjacent to Last Mountain Lake. It is in Division #5. Demographics According to the Canada 2006 Census: Population 274 people Population percentage change 15 …   Wikipedia

• Excelsior — Ex*cel si*or, n. A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …   Universalium

• Wood — Wooden redirects here. For other uses, see Wooden (disambiguation). Heartwood redirects here. For other uses, see Heartwood (disambiguation). This article is about the substance. For small forests, see woodland. For wood as a commodity, see… …   Wikipedia

• excelsior — 1. adjective /ɛkˈsɛlsɪɔː/ Loftier, yet higher; ever upward 2. noun /ɛkˈsɛlsɪɔː/ An originally trademarked name for stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled wood shavings, as a substitute for hair. These little… …   Wiktionary