Fusee

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1. Noun

A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.

2. Noun

A fuse. See Fuse, n.

3. Noun

A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.

4. Noun

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. Noun

The track of a buck.

6. Noun

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. Noun

A similar wheel used in other machinery.
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