fusee

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fu=see

CIDE DICTIONARY

fusee, n. [See 2d Fusil, and cf. Fuse, n.].

•  A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.  [1913 Webster]
•  A fuse. See Fuse, n.  [1913 Webster]
•  A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A signal device, usually cylindrical, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time. It is used principally for the protection of trains or road vehicles, indicating an obstruction or accident ahead. Also called a flare or railroad flare.  [PJC]

fusee, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].

 The track of a buck.  Ainsworth.  [1913 Webster]

fusee, n. [F. fusée a spindleful, fusee, LL. fusata, fr. fusare to use a spindle, L. fusus spindle.].

 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fusee, n. (US fuzee)
1 a conical pulley or wheel esp. in a watch or clock.
2 a large-headed match for lighting a cigar or pipe in a wind.
3 US a railway signal-flare.

Etymology

F fus{eacute}e spindle ult. f. L fusus

ROGET THESAURUS

fusee

Fuel

N fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.