fusil
1 Americannoun
adjective
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formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.
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Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible.
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Archaic. melted; molten.
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fusil1
1670–80; < French: musket, Old French fuisil, foisil steel for striking fire < Vulgar Latin *focīlis, derivative of Latin focus fire. See focus
Origin of fusil2
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fūsilis molten, fluid. See fuse 2, -ile
Example Sentences
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The piece of Alexis was a handsome Jäger rifle; Ivan’s was a double-barrelled shot-gun or fowling-piece; while Pouchskin balanced over his shoulder an immense fusil, the bullet of which weighed a good ounce avoirdupois.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker
Our artillery lost its value, and we met them with fusil and caliver.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
They were in neat uniform, and each soldier wore a leather helmet, with a crest of horsehair, and carried a fusil.
From "Evacuation Day", 1783 Its Many Stirring Events: with recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale by James Riker
He has now completed the barrel, stock, and mounting of the officer's fusil, and is proceeding on those of the soldier's musket.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
I took my fusil and pouch, according to my custom of never travelling without them.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
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