fusile
Britishadjective
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easily melted; fusible
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formed by casting or melting; founded
Etymology
Origin of fusile
C14: from Latin fūsilis molten, from fundere to pour out, melt
Example Sentences
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I would not be mistaken to mean that he found his penitence easy, or that he was, like Saint Paul, transformed as it were by a lightning flash—“a fusile Christian.”
From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
We now come to the great epoch of printing—I mean the complete introduction, if not actually the first invention, of movable metal or fusile types.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Of the fusile kinds the fairest and heaviest is gold; this is hardened by filtration through rock, and is of a bright yellow colour.
From Timaeus by Jowett, Benjamin
Water, again, is of two kinds, liquid and fusile.
From Timaeus by Jowett, Benjamin
Water, again, admits in the first place of a division into two kinds; the one liquid and the other fusile.
From Timaeus by Jowett, Benjamin
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