Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lady's cushion \La"dy's cush"ion\, (Bot.)
   An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift ({Armeria
   vulgaris}).

Thrift \Thrift\, n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.]
   1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in
      regard to property; frugality.

            The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove
            very good husbands.                   --Spenser.

   2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property;
      increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. ``Your thrift
      is gone full clean.'' --Chaucer.

            I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak.

   3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

   4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the
      genera {Statice} and {Armeria}.

   {Common thrift} (Bot.), {Armeria vulgaris}; -- also called
      {sea pink}.

   Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.

Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove,
   OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e
   gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf,
   akin to E. foliage. Cf. {Caryophyllus}, {July-flower}.]
   (Bot.)
   1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus
      Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola
      incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant
      blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.

   2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red
      color, and having a large core. [Written also
      {gilliflower}.]

   {Clove gillflower}, the clove pink.

   {Marsh gillyflower}, the ragged robin ({Lychnis
      Flos-cuculi}).

   {Queen's, or Winter}, {gillyflower}, damewort.

   {Sea gillyflower}, the thrift ({Armeria vulgaris}).

   {Wall gillyflower}, the wallflower ({Cheiranthus Cheiri}).

   {Water gillyflower}, the water violet.