Part 4657

<blockquote>Sad and <b>fuscous</b> colors, as black or brown, or deep purple and the like. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fuse</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fuse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fused</er> <tt>(fuzd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fusing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>fusus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fundere</ets> to pour, melt, cast. See <er>Foundo</er> to cast, and cf. <ets>Futile</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To unite or blend, as if melted together.</def>

<blockquote>Whose fancy <b>fuses</b> old and new. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fuse</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be blended, as if melted together.</def>

<cs><col>Fusing point</col>, <cd>the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fuse</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>fusee</ets>, <ets>fusil</ets>. See 2d <er>Fusil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gunnery, Mining, etc.)</fld> <def>A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also <altname>fuzee</altname>. See <er>Fuze</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Fuse hole</col>, <cd>the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse.</cd> <i>Farrow.</i></cs>

<h1>Fusee</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu*see"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Fusil</er>, and cf. <er>Fuse</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A flintlock gun. See 2d <er>Fusil</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fuse. See <er>Fuse</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.</def>

<-- 4. A red signal flare. It is used esp. as a warning signal for trains or road vehicles, indicating an obstruction or accident ahead.

5. <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>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.</def> -->

<h1>Fusee</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu*see"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>The track of a buck.</def>

<i>Ainsworth.</i>

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<hw>Fu*see"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fus\'82e</ets> a spindleful, fusee, LL. <ets>fusata</ets>, fr. <ets>fusare</ets> to use a spindle, L. <ets>fusus</ets> spindle.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A similar wheel used in other machinery.</def>

<mhw><h1>Fusel, n., Fusel oil</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu"sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Fu"sel oil</hw></mhw>. <ety>[G. <ets>fusel</ets> bad liquor.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.</def>

<h1>Fusibility</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu"si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fusibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being fusible.</def>

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