fusee

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
2. noun Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock.
3. noun Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure.
4. noun A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.
5. noun Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives.
6. noun An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.
7. noun A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc.
8. noun A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad.

Similar words

fuzee fuze fuse primer firelock flashpot flintlock flash pan gaffle flashpan

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Word family

fusees