Fu*see" (?), n. [See 2d Fusil, and cf. Fuse, n.]
1.
A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. [Obs.]
2.
A fuse. See Fuse, n.
3.
A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
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Fu*see", n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
The track of a buck. Ainsworth.
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Fu*see", n. [F. fusée 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.
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Fu*see" (?), n.
1. (Railroads)
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.
2.
(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.
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