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fusee

Or �ڳ�·��

[fyoo-zee]

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noun

a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
a red flare light, used on a railroad as a warning signal to approaching trains.
Horology.��a spirally grooved, conical pulley and chain arrangement for counteracting the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring.
fuse.

fusee

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noun

(in early clocks and watches) a spirally grooved spindle, functioning as an equalizing force on the unwinding of the mainspring
a friction match with a large head, capable of remaining alight in a wind
an explosive fuse

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fusee¹

1580–90; < Middle French �ڳܲ�é�� spindleful, derivative of Old French fus spindle. See fuse ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fusee¹

C16: from French �ڳܲ�é�� spindleful of thread, from Old French fus spindle, from Latin ��ū��ܲ�

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At the very moment that he did so, the dragoons raised their fusees to their shoulders, and fired at once into the midst of the compact mass of people.

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I have only fusees," he said grandly, "but perhaps they will do.

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When Colonel Allen passed the gate, a sentinel snapped his fusee at him, and then retreated under a covered way.

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Armed with a brace of pistols, a fusee, and a blunderbuss, he fought his assailants away from his windows and the door, through which they had followed the retreating sentinel.

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For night signals not less than two torpedoes, two red fusees, and red and white lanterns.

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fused quartz fuselage

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