Thesaurus: fusee

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1. n. A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
2. n. A fuse. See Fuse, n.
3. n. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
4. n. 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. n. The track of a buck.
6. n. 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. n. A similar wheel used in other machinery.
8. n. a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
9. n. a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
10. n. a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind
11. n. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
12. 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. (Railroad) 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. The track of a buck. Ainsworth. (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.