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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On the long and narrow fusil it would be impossible.
From Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
The fusil is narrower than the lozenge, the angles at the chief and base being more acute, and the others more obtuse.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
At any hour of the day or night they are ready for battle: they tend their cattle on horseback, lance in hand, fusil in sling, and sabre in belt.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis
Of the fusil Nisbet writes: "The fusil is another Rhombular figure like the lozenge, but more long than broad, and its upper and lower points are more acute than the two side points."
From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
The Zeg-zeg troops had one French fusil, and the Kano force forty-one muskets.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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