noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fusil
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fusee
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/ˈfjuːzi/
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/fjuːˈziː/
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rhymes with -uːzi
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rhymes with -iː
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fusilier
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fusil
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fuse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: farriery, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fuse, fuze, Vesuvian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flare, signal
noun
Meaning 9
One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 10
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
Narrower terms: detonating fuse, safety fuse, time-fuse
noun
Meaning 11
a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fuzee
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: match, lucifer, friction match
noun
Meaning 12
a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fuzee
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flare
noun
Meaning 13
a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fusee drive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drive
History
Etymology
From French fusil, ultimately from Late Latin focus (“fire”).
From French fusée, ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
From fuse + -ee.