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A bundle of excelsior is to be the substitute for the fiber of cedar bark which is used by the— Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs
(c) Ignite the pile by means of a combustible train (excelsior or slow-burning propellant) of suitable length and take cover immediately.— Army Field Manual: Explosives and Demolutions Extract by the Death Jester
Very carefully he removed the rest of the excelsior, and lifting the ponderous Tooth from its box, set it upon the marble-top centre table.— McTeague
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