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   Fusee , n. [See 2d Fusil, and cf. Fuse, n.]
    A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. [Obs.]
   1913 Webster
   A fuse. See Fuse, n.
   1913 Webster
   (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.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   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.
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   Fusee, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] The track of a buck.
   Ainsworth.
   
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   Fusee, n. [F. fusée a spindleful, fusee, LL. fusata, fr. fusare to use a spindle, L. 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.