Fusee

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. [See 2d {Fusil}, and cf. {Fuse}, n.]
     1. A flintlock gun. See 2d {Fusil}. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A fuse. See {Fuse}, n.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     3.
        (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.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. 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}.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     The track of a buck. --Ainsworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. [F. fus['e]e a spindleful, fusee, LL.
     fusata, fr. fusare to use a spindle, L. fusus spindle.]
     (a) 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.
     (b) A similar wheel used in other machinery. Fusel

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fusee
       n 1: a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the
            diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring [syn: {fusee
            drive}]
       2: a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and
          trains [syn: {fuzee}]
       3: a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in
          the wind [syn: {fuzee}]
       4: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a
          propellant [syn: {fuse}, {fuze}, {fuzee}, {primer}, {priming}]