Definition of fusee

noun (n)

• a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: fusee drive
  

  source: wordnet30
• a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: fuzee
  

  source: wordnet30
• a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming
  

  source: wordnet30
• A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• The track of a buck. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A signal used principally for the protection of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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