fuzee
[ fyoo-zee ]
/ fyuˈzi /
noun
Words nearby fuzee
Definition for fuzee (2 of 2)
fusee
or fu·zee
[ fyoo-zee ]
/ fyuˈzi /
noun
a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
a red flare light, used on a railroad as a warning signal to approaching trains.
Horology.
a spirally grooved, conical pulley and chain arrangement for counteracting the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring.
Origin of fusee
Example sentences from the Web for fuzee
I was obliged to quit my fuzee, and with great difficulty escaped being carried down the fall.
A Battle Fought on Snow Shoes |Mary Cochrane RogersThe usual process to-day is to substitute a modern eight-day "fuzee" movement for the old thirty-hour "verge."
British Dictionary definitions for fuzee (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for fuzee (2 of 2)
fusee
fuzee
/ (fjuːˈziː) /
noun
(in early clocks and watches) a spirally grooved spindle, functioning as an equalizing force on the unwinding of the mainspring
a friction match with a large head, capable of remaining alight in a wind
an explosive fuse
Word Origin for fusee
C16: from French
fusée spindleful of thread, from Old French
fus spindle, from Latin
fūsus