excelsior

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɛkˈsɛlsɪɔː/

Noun

US dated uncountable Canada

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

Japanese Meaning

米国印刷の古い用語で、ノース（Norse）タイプとブリリアント（Brilliant）タイプの間に位置する、3ポイントに標準化された活字サイズを示す意味

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The compositor set the footnotes in excelsior to cram more copy onto the page.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

組版者は脚注を、ノースとブリリアントの間にあたる標準的な3ポイントの活字で組んで、ページにより多くの文字を詰め込めるようにした。

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Sense（1）

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

Sense（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.

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