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Fusee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z. [Latin fusus, a spindle, from fundo, fudi, fusum.]

2. The cone or conical part of a watch or clock, round which is wound the chain or cord.

3. s as z.

4. A small neat musket or firelock. But we now use fusil.

5. fusee or fuse of a bomb or granade, a small pipe filled with combustible matter by which fire is communicated to the powder in the bomb; but as the matter burns slowly, time is given before the charge takes fire, for the bomb to reach its destination.

6. The track of a buck.

Fusee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.

2. A fuse. See Fuse, n.

3. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.

4. A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.

5. The track of a buck.

6. 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.

7. A similar wheel used in other machinery.