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Webster 1913 Edition

Fusee

Fu-see′

,
Noun.
[See 2d
Fusil
, and cf.
Fuse
,
Noun.
]
1.
A flintlock gun. See 2d
Fusil
.
[Obs.]
2.
A fuse. See
Fuse
,
Noun.

Fu-see′

,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
The track of a buck.
Ainsworth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fusee

FUSEE'

,
Noun.
s as z. [L. fusus, a spindle, from fundo, fudi, fusum.]
The cone or conical part of a watch or clock, round which is wound the chain or cord.

FUSEE'

,
Noun.
s as z.
1.
A small neat musket or firelock. But we now use fusil.
2.
Fusee or fuse of a bomb or granade, a small pipe filled with combustible matter by which fire is communicated to the powder in the bomb; but as the matter burns slowly, time is given before the charge takes fire, for the bomb to reach its destination.
3.
The track of a buck.

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