fusee

Meanings

1. Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
2. Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock.

1. Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure.
2. A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.
3. Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives.
4. An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.
5. A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc.
6. A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad.

1. One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.

Etymology

From French fusil, ultimately from Late Latin focus (“fire”).