fusee
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noun- 1.
(historical)Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
Breakfast being over, my father took me into his study, where, after fervently recommending me to the care of a protecting providence, he gave me a beautiful fusee, which cost him forty guineas, a pair of pistols of exquisite workmanship, and a purse containing fifty guineas in cash and a twenty-five pounds banknote.
Đồng nghĩa: fusil
- 2.
(archaic)Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock.
Đồng nghĩa: fusilier
- 3.
(obsolete)(obsolete, chiefly heraldry) Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure.
Đồng nghĩa: fusil
- 4.
A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.
To day when we attended the winding up of the watches the fusee of Mr Arnolds would not turn round and after several unsuccessfull tryals we were obliged to let it go down […] .
- 5.
(archaic)Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives.
Đồng nghĩa: fuse
- 6.
(farriery) An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.
- 7.
A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc.
A comfortable hammock on a warm afternoon would appeal to his indolent tastes, and then, when he was getting drowsy, a lighted fusee thrown into the nest would bring the wasps out in an indignant mass, and they would soon find a ‘home away from home’ on Waldo's fat body.
Đồng nghĩa: fuse, fuze, Vesuvian
- 8.
(US)A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad.
- 9.
One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.
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From French fusil, ultimately from LL. focus (fire).