Fusee
Fusee , noun
[See 2d Fusil, and compare Fuse, n.]
1.
A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. [Obsolete]
2.
A fuse. See Fuse, n.
3.
(a) A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
(b)
A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
4.
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.
Fusee , noun
[Etymol. uncertain.]
The track of a buck. — Ainsworth
Fusee , noun
[French fusée a spindleful, fusee, Late Latin fusata, from fusare to use a spindle, Latin fusus spindle.]
(a)
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.
(b)
A similar wheel used in other machinery.