fusee

or fu·zee

[ fyoo-zee ]
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noun
  1. a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.

  2. a red flare light, used on a railroad as a warning signal to approaching trains.

  1. Horology. a spirally grooved, conical pulley and chain arrangement for counteracting the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring.

Origin of fusee

1
1580–90; <Middle French fusée spindleful, derivative of Old French fus spindle. See fuse1

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fusee

fuzee

/ (fjuːˈziː) /


noun
  1. (in early clocks and watches) a spirally grooved spindle, functioning as an equalizing force on the unwinding of the mainspring

  2. a friction match with a large head, capable of remaining alight in a wind

  1. an explosive fuse

Origin of fusee

1
C16: from French fusée spindleful of thread, from Old French fus spindle, from Latin fūsus

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