FUSEE
\fjˈuːsiː], \fjˈuːsiː], \f_j_ˈuː_s_iː]\
Definitions of FUSEE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
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a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
By Princeton University
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A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
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A fuse. See Fuse, n.
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A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
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A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.
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The track of a buck.
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The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.
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A similar wheel used in other machinery.
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A signal used principally for the protection of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time.
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A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
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A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
By Oddity Software
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A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
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A fuse. See Fuse, n.
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A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
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A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.
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The track of a buck.
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The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.
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A similar wheel used in other machinery.
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A signal used principally for the protection of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time.
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A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
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A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A match or cigar light: a fuse: a fusil.
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The spindle in a watch or clock on which the chain is wound.
By Daniel Lyons
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A match not extinguishable by wind.
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A flint lock musket.
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A spirally grooved cone to equalize motion in a watch.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] The conical wheel of a watch or clock round which the chain is wound, designed to equalize the power of the main-spring.
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n. [French] A small, light musket; a fusil;—a fuse;—the track of a buck.
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The cone round which is wound the chord or chain of a clock or watch; a firelock, a small neat musquet; Fusee of a bomb or granado shell, is that which makes the whole powder or composition in the shell take fire, to do the designed execution.
By Thomas Sheridan