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noun

Fusee n.

A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. (Obs.)

A fuse. See Fuse, n.

(a)

A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.

(b)

A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

A signal device, usually cylindrical, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time. It is used principally for the protection of trains or road vehicles, indicating an obstruction or accident ahead. Also called a flare or railroad flare.

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"Fusee" Quotes from Famous Books

... before. I have, too, taken perhaps more space than I ought, regarding tools and bench, yet the older I grow, the more I can see the importance of this part, that I may be enabled to do work well and quick. Besides, I have left such repairs as the chain and fusee, uprighting wheels, repairing cases, adjustment to position, heat and cold, isochronism, enlarging jewels, or changing angles of pallet stones, etc., etc., all of which I do as necessity demands, as well as the care of striking watches, fly backs, ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 • Various

Words linked to "Fusee" : friction match, clock, primer, safety fuse, fuzee, light, lucifer, match, priming, drive, detonating fuse, fusee drive, fuse, igniter, ignitor, lighter, fuze