Associations to the word «Fusee»
Noun
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Wiktionary
FUSEE, noun. A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks.
FUSEE, noun. A large friction match.
FUSEE, noun. A fuse for an explosive.
FUSEE, noun. (US) A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad
FUSEE, noun. A fusil, or flintlock musket.
FUSEE, noun. The track of a buck.
Dictionary definition
FUSEE, noun. A spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring.
FUSEE, noun. A colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains.
FUSEE, noun. A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind.
FUSEE, noun. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.