fusee
Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzi/
The English word “fusee” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
- Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock.
- Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure.
- A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.
- Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives.
- An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.
- A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc.
- A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad.
- One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.
Etymology
From French fusil, ultimately from Late Latin focus (“fire”).
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