Fusee

Quick meaning: Fusee is a noun meaning A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.

Meaning

A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.

More Meanings

1. (farriery) An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.
2. A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc.
3. (US) A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad.
4. (historical) Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
5. (archaic) Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock.
6. (obsolete, chiefly heraldry) Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure.
7. (archaic) Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives.

Example Sentences

He had not been many days at the chateau, when he perceived, with surprize and consternation, that his steps were continually watched by two servants armed with fusees.

To day when we attended the winding up of the watches the fusee of Mr Arnolds would not turn round and after several unsuccessfull tryals we were obliged to let it go down […] .

A comfortable hammock on a warm afternoon would appeal to his indolent tastes, and then, when he was getting drowsy, a lighted fusee thrown into the nest would bring the wasps out in an indignant mass, and they would soon find a ‘home away from home’ on Waldo's fat body.

This is the fusion of two people who are neurally and biologically (and so, psychologically) identical. Setting aside issues about intensional content, when these differ, such a fusion would clearly produce someone who is exactly like what either of the fusees would have been like had the fusion not occurred.

Word Forms

• fusees

Synonyms for fusee

Depending on context, synonyms include fusil, fusilier, fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fuzee, fuze, fuse, primer, firelock, flashpot.

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