fusee

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.

   “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.”

2. isim Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock.
3. isim Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure.
4. isim A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.

   “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 […] .”

5. isim Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives.
6. isim An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.
7. isim A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc.

   “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.”

8. isim A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad.
9. isim One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.