"fusee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfjuːzi/, /fjuːˈziː/ Forms: fusees [plural], fuzee [alternative]
Rhymes: -uːzi, -iː Etymology: From French fusil, ultimately from Late Latin focus (“fire”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|fusil}} French fusil, {{der|en|LL.|focus||fire}} Late Latin focus (“fire”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fusee (plural fusees)
  1. (historical) Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock. Tags: historical Synonyms: fusil [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-Bafv7m6p Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters
  2. (archaic) Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock. Tags: archaic Synonyms: fusilier [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-oHclDL8m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfjuːzi/, /fjuːˈziː/ Forms: fusees [plural], fuzee [alternative]
Rhymes: -uːzi, -iː Etymology: From French fusée, ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|fusée}} French fusée, {{uder|en|la|fūsus||spindle}} Latin fūsus (“spindle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fusee (plural fusees)
  1. (obsolete, chiefly heraldry) Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: fusil [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-7gS3w81- Categories (other): Heraldic charges, English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 3 10 10 11 12 9 18 15 10 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  2. A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-7o9CXzFl Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 3 10 10 11 12 9 18 15 10
  3. (archaic) Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives. Tags: archaic Synonyms: fuse [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-Mb5PvVTr Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 3 10 10 11 12 9 18 15 10
  4. (farriery) An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-Bix4lQxR Categories (other): Farriery Topics: farriery, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
  5. A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc. Synonyms: fuse, fuze, Vesuvian
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-RIN3tO~p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fire, Light sources, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 10 20 8 14 32 3 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 3 10 10 11 12 9 18 15 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 2 9 23 5 16 39 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 8 21 8 14 36 2 8 Disambiguation of Fire: 8 7 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 Disambiguation of Light sources: 5 2 7 15 6 12 43 3 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 19 12 12 31 14
  6. (US) A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad. Tags: US Hypernyms: flare, signal
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-en:subset_of_Q628261 Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 3 10 10 11 12 9 18 15 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fusiform [adjective]
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈfjuːzi/, /fjuːˈziː/ Forms: fusees [plural]
Rhymes: -uːzi, -iː Etymology: From fuse + -ee. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|fuse|-ee}} fuse + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} fusee (plural fusees)
  1. One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.
    Sense id: en-fusee-en-noun-Ttn-Nof3 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 3 10 10 11 12 9 18 15 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "He had not been many days at the chateau, when he perceived, with surprize and consternation, that his steps were continually watched by two servants armed with fusees.",
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          "ref": "1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 75",
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          "text": "After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe.",
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          "ref": "1914, \"Saki\", ‘The Dreamer’, Beasts and Superbeasts, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), page 322",
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        "A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad."
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