meaning of fusee
1. A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
2. A fuse. See Fuse, n.
3. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
4. A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.
5. The track of a buck.
6. 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.
7. A similar wheel used in other machinery.
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