fusee

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A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks
A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad
A large friction match
A fuse for an explosive
{n} a firelock, part of a watch, match, track
  A colored flare designed as a railway-warning device and widely used to ignite suppression and prescription fires
An igniter squib for a rocket
- see Flare
A fuse
A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind
a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar
See 2d Fusil
A long duration flare, usually red, which may be used as a warning flare on the highway or railway Fusees may also be used to light fireworks Cf Portfire
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip
A similar wheel used in other machinery
A flintlock gun
A signal used principally for the protection of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time
The track of a buck
{i} large-headed match; warning flare (for trains)
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
A colored flare designed as a railway warning device and widely used to ignite suppression and prescription fires
See Fuse, n
a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind
a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
fusee drive
a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
fusees
plural of fusee
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    [ fyu-'zE ] (noun.) 1622. French fusée, literally, spindleful of yarn, from Old French, from fus spindle, from Latin fusus.