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noun
Fusil  n.  A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.


Fusil  n.  (Her.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle. Note: It differs from a lozenge in being longer in proportion to its width.


adjective
Fusil  adj.  
1.
Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible. (R.) "A kind of fusil marble"
2.
Running or flowing, as a liquid. (R.) "A fusil sea."
3.
Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded. (Obs.)





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"Fusil" Quotes from Famous Books



... action of the next day, but his spirit was too great to comply with this remonstrance. He declared it should never be said that a scratch, received in a private rencounter, had prevented him from doing his duty, when his country required his service; and he took the field with a fusil in his hand, though he was hardly able to carry his arms. In leading up his men to the enemy's intrenchment, he was shot through the lungs with a musquet ball, an accident which obliged him to part with his fusil: but he still continued advancing; until, by ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett
... half Frenchman, with mocassins and a white uniform coat and cockade, seeing me prostrate on the ground, turned back and ran towards me, his musket clubbed over his head to dash my brains out and plunder me as I lay. I had my little fusil which my Harry gave me when I went on the campaign; it had fallen by me and within my reach, luckily: I seized it, and down fell the Frenchman dead at six yards before me. I was saved for that time, but bleeding from my wound and ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray
... Indian half Frenchman, with mocassins and a white uniform coat and cockade, seeing me prostrate on the ground, turned back and ran towards me, his musket clubbed over his head to dash my brains out and plunder me as I lay. I had my little fusil which my Harry gave me when I went on the campaign; it had fallen by me and within my reach, luckily: I seized it, and down fell the Frenchman dead at six yards before me. I was saved for that time, but bleeding from my wound and very faint. ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray


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