fuseefuzeen.1
/fjuːˈziː/, U.S. /fjuˈzi/ Obsolete exc. Historical. † b. One who is armed with a fusee; a fusilier.
a. A light musket or firelock.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > musket
musket1574
snaphancec1575
muscado1592
firelock1625
matchlock1638
fusee1661
squirt-fire1678
fusil1680
jingal1761
Brown Bess1785
tophaike1813
Tower musket1832
jezail1838
trumpet-pipe1844
bundook1886
needle-musket1898
1661 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. App. 430 Horsemen well appointed with..carabines, musquetoons, or fuzees.
1705 S. Sewall Diary 26 Mar. (1973) I. 521 A souldier from Deerfield accompanied us with his Fusee.
1760 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 82/1 A handsome double barrell'd fuzee valued at twelve or fifteen guineas.
a1813 A. Wilson Foresters (1825) 5 His light fuzee across his shoulder thrown.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > musket
musketeer1590
snaphance1645
fusee1650
mousquetaire1706
jezailchee1862
1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 29 That brave Gallant number of Fusees were squandred all to peices, knockt o' the head, or starved.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
fuseefuzeen.2
/fjuːˈziː/, U.S. /fjuˈzi/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > diamond-shaped charge > elongated
fusil1486
spindle1486
fusee1589
slipper1610
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. 76 The Fuzie or spindle, called Romboides.
2. A conical pulley or wheel, esp. the wheel of a watch or clock upon which the chain is wound and by which the power of the mainspring is equalized.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of
nut1428
peise1428
plumbc1450
Jack1498
clockwork1516
larum1542
Jack of the clockhouse1563
watch-wheel1568
work1570
plummeta1578
Jack of the clock1581
snail-cam1591
snail-work1591
pointer1596
quarter jack1604
mainspring1605
winder1606
notch-wheel1611
fusee1622
count-wheel1647
jack-wheel1647
frame1658
arbor1659
balance1660
fuse1674
hour-figure1675
stop1675
pallet1676
regulator1676
cock1678
movement1678
detent1688
savage1690
clock1696
pinwheel1696
starred wheel1696
swing-wheel1696
warning-wheel1696
watch1696
watch-part1696
hoop-wheel1704
hour-wheel1704
snail1714
step-wheel1714
tide-work1739
train1751
crutch1753
cannon pinion1764
rising board1769
remontoire1774
escapement1779
clock jack1784
locking plate1786
scapement1789
motion work1795
anchor escapement1798
scape1798
star-wheel1798
recoil escapement1800
recoiling pallet1801
recoiling scapement1801
cannon1802
hammer-tail1805
recoiling escapement1805
bottle jack1810
renovating spring1812
quarter-boy1815
pin tooth1817
solar wheel1819
impulse-teeth1825
pendulum wheel1825
pallet arbor1826
rewinder1826
rack hook1829
snail-wheel1831
quarter bell1832
tow1834
star pulley1836
watch train1838
clock train1843
raising-piece1843
wheelwork1843
gravity escapement1850
jumper1850
vertical escapement1850
time train1853
pin pallet1860
spade1862
dead well1867
stop-work1869
ringer1873
strike-or-silent1875
warning-piece1875
guard-pin1879
pendulum cock1881
warning-lever1881
beat-pin1883
fusee-piece1884
fusee-snail1884
shutter1884
tourbillion1884
tumbler1884
virgule1884
foliot1899
grasshopper1899
grasshopper escapement1899
trunk1899
pin lever1908
clock spring1933
the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of
barrel1591
motion1605
bezel1616
fusee1622
string1638
crown wheel1646
out-case1651
watch-box1656
nuck1664
watchwork1667
balance-wheel1669
box1675
dial wheel1675
counter-potence1678
pendulum-balance1680
watch-case1681
pillar1684
contrate teeth1696
pinion of report1696
watch-hook1698
bob-balance1701
half-cock1701
potence1704
verge1704
pad1705
movable1709
jewel1711
pendant1721
crystal1722
watch-key1723
pendulum spring1728
lock spring1741
watch-glass1742
watch-spring1761
all-or-nothing piece1764
watch hand1764
cylinder1765
cannon?1780
cannon1802
stackfreed1819
pillar plate1821
little hand1829
hair-spring1830
lunette1832
all-or-nothing1843
locking1851
slag1857
staff1860
case spring1866
stem1866
balance-cock1874
watch-dial1875
balance-spring1881
balance-staff1881
Breguet spring1881
overcoil1881
surprise-piece1881
brass edge1884
button turn1884
fourth wheel1884
fusee-sink1884
pair-case1884
silver bar1884
silver piece1884
slang1884
top plate1884
karrusel1893
watch-face1893
watch bracelet1896
bar-movement1903
jewel pivot1907
jewel bearing1954
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > used with chain
fusee1622
rag wheel1656
fuse1674
rag1705
sprocket wheel1765
chain-wheel1845
chain geara1877
trammel-wheel1877
1622 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 199 Making a fussie to my Lords cloke.
a1649 S. Crook Τα Διαϕεροντα (1658) i. ix. 82 This is the first wheele, yea, the Phusee, the inward spring that moves his watch so swiftly.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 50 In the Watch..the reason of the motion of the Ballance is by the motion of the next Wheel, and that by the motion of the next, and that by the motion of the Fusee.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. vi. 223 Some Watches..are made with four Wheels..Some have Strings and Physies, and others none.
1713 London Gaz. No. 5155/4 A Gold Watch..going with a Spring, without Fusey, Chain or String.
?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 284 in School of Arts (ed. 2) From the fusy to the balance the wheels drive the pinions.
1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 146 Chains acting on a spiral in the manner of a fusee.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 112 The mouth at this time represents the going fuzee of a chronometer.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 108 In modern watches and clocks the fusee is furnished with maintaining power to drive the train while the fusee is being turned backwards during the process of winding.
3. = fuse n.2 1.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > fuse
fuse1647
fusee1704
fuzze1802
nose-fuse1888
cheesa stick1906
device1931
Primacord1937
time pencila1944
1704 London Gaz. No. 4062/7 The Enemy..set Fire to great quantities of Powder, with Intent to spring their Mines; which..was prevented from taking Effect, by cutting off the Fusees.
1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Transl. French Terms Secret d'un brulot, that part of the train of a fire-ship where the match or fusee is laid.
1809 Naval Chron. 22 287 Cones, containing..12 lbs. of powder, to burst by fuzees.
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 139 The aperture [of the shell] is securely screwed up: fusees not being necessary in this arrangement.
4. Farriery. An exostosis upon one of the cannon-bones.Some modern dictionaries, by an obvious misapprehension, define it as ‘a kind of splint applied to the legs of horses’.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > caused by tumours > tumour
spavin1426
ringbonec1465
blood spavin?1523
curb?1523
serew?1523
splint?1523
thorough-serewe?1523
thorough spavin?1523
windgall?1523
bone spavin1566
boneshavea1585
grape1600
surot1601
hough-bony1607
lichen1607
gorge1610
bog-spavin1631
splint-bone1704
splinter1704
star1710
fuseec1720
jardonc1720
osseletc1720
jarde1727
thorough-pin1789
c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lxxviii. 274 Sometimes a double Splent is form'd, which is called by the French a Fuzee.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Fuzee [in Horses] two dangerous Splents joining above and downwards.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Commonly a fuzee rises to the knee and lames the horse. Fuzees differ from screws or thorough splents in this, that the latter are placed on the two opposite sides of the leg.
5. A kind of match with a large head of combustible material tipped with brimstone for ignition by friction; a lucifer, vesuvian.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction
allumette1601
fire cane1644
paper match1780
Strasbourg match1825
match1830
lucifer match1831
fusee1832
loco-foco1835
oxymuriatic match1835
Congreve1839
Vesta1839
friction-match1847
safety match1850
German Congreve1851
Vesuvian1853
star1862
safety1876
tandstickor1884
post-and-railsa1890
book match1899
Swan Vesta1908
1832 Jones Specif. Patent 6335 2 Fuzees for the purpose of lighting cigars, pipes, etc.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 433/2 The ‘fuzees’, as I most frequently heard them called,..are chiefly German made.
1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch xxiv It was one of those flaming fusees, and burnt with a blue light.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
fusee-maker n.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fuzee-maker, a manufacturer of parts of watch-work.
fusee-wheel n.
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1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 303 [Horology] The spring..gives motion to the fusee, and with it the fusee-wheel and the rest of the train.
C2.
fusee-engine n.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > making watches > tools or materials used in watchmaking
wig-wag1582
turn-bench1680
fusee-engine1858
parachute1865
fraise1874
pinion-file1875
watch-oil1876
bouchon1881
spotter1881
bench winder1884
knee-punch1884
pinion bottoming file1884
pinion gauge1884
stake1884
wax lathe1884
turner1891
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fusee-engine, a clock-maker's machine for cutting and shaping fusees.
fusee-machine n. a machine for cutting fusees for watches.
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 930/1 Fusee-machine, a machine for cutting the snail-shaped or spirally grooved wheel on which the chains of certain descriptions of watches are wound.
fusee-piece n.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of
nut1428
peise1428
plumbc1450
Jack1498
clockwork1516
larum1542
Jack of the clockhouse1563
watch-wheel1568
work1570
plummeta1578
Jack of the clock1581
snail-cam1591
snail-work1591
pointer1596
quarter jack1604
mainspring1605
winder1606
notch-wheel1611
fusee1622
count-wheel1647
jack-wheel1647
frame1658
arbor1659
balance1660
fuse1674
hour-figure1675
stop1675
pallet1676
regulator1676
cock1678
movement1678
detent1688
savage1690
clock1696
pinwheel1696
starred wheel1696
swing-wheel1696
warning-wheel1696
watch1696
watch-part1696
hoop-wheel1704
hour-wheel1704
snail1714
step-wheel1714
tide-work1739
train1751
crutch1753
cannon pinion1764
rising board1769
remontoire1774
escapement1779
clock jack1784
locking plate1786
scapement1789
motion work1795
anchor escapement1798
scape1798
star-wheel1798
recoil escapement1800
recoiling pallet1801
recoiling scapement1801
cannon1802
hammer-tail1805
recoiling escapement1805
bottle jack1810
renovating spring1812
quarter-boy1815
pin tooth1817
solar wheel1819
impulse-teeth1825
pendulum wheel1825
pallet arbor1826
rewinder1826
rack hook1829
snail-wheel1831
quarter bell1832
tow1834
star pulley1836
watch train1838
clock train1843
raising-piece1843
wheelwork1843
gravity escapement1850
jumper1850
vertical escapement1850
time train1853
pin pallet1860
spade1862
dead well1867
stop-work1869
ringer1873
strike-or-silent1875
warning-piece1875
guard-pin1879
pendulum cock1881
warning-lever1881
beat-pin1883
fusee-piece1884
fusee-snail1884
shutter1884
tourbillion1884
tumbler1884
virgule1884
foliot1899
grasshopper1899
grasshopper escapement1899
trunk1899
pin lever1908
clock spring1933
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 110 Fusee Piece, the circular plug screwed to the top plate in which the upper pivot of the fusee works.
fusee-sink n.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of
barrel1591
motion1605
bezel1616
fusee1622
string1638
crown wheel1646
out-case1651
watch-box1656
nuck1664
watchwork1667
balance-wheel1669
box1675
dial wheel1675
counter-potence1678
pendulum-balance1680
watch-case1681
pillar1684
contrate teeth1696
pinion of report1696
watch-hook1698
bob-balance1701
half-cock1701
potence1704
verge1704
pad1705
movable1709
jewel1711
pendant1721
crystal1722
watch-key1723
pendulum spring1728
lock spring1741
watch-glass1742
watch-spring1761
all-or-nothing piece1764
watch hand1764
cylinder1765
cannon?1780
cannon1802
stackfreed1819
pillar plate1821
little hand1829
hair-spring1830
lunette1832
all-or-nothing1843
locking1851
slag1857
staff1860
case spring1866
stem1866
balance-cock1874
watch-dial1875
balance-spring1881
balance-staff1881
Breguet spring1881
overcoil1881
surprise-piece1881
brass edge1884
button turn1884
fourth wheel1884
fusee-sink1884
pair-case1884
silver bar1884
silver piece1884
slang1884
top plate1884
karrusel1893
watch-face1893
watch bracelet1896
bar-movement1903
jewel pivot1907
jewel bearing1954
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 110 Fusee Sink, the sink cut in the top plate of a watch to give space for the fusee.
fusee-snail n.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of
nut1428
peise1428
plumbc1450
Jack1498
clockwork1516
larum1542
Jack of the clockhouse1563
watch-wheel1568
work1570
plummeta1578
Jack of the clock1581
snail-cam1591
snail-work1591
pointer1596
quarter jack1604
mainspring1605
winder1606
notch-wheel1611
fusee1622
count-wheel1647
jack-wheel1647
frame1658
arbor1659
balance1660
fuse1674
hour-figure1675
stop1675
pallet1676
regulator1676
cock1678
movement1678
detent1688
savage1690
clock1696
pinwheel1696
starred wheel1696
swing-wheel1696
warning-wheel1696
watch1696
watch-part1696
hoop-wheel1704
hour-wheel1704
snail1714
step-wheel1714
tide-work1739
train1751
crutch1753
cannon pinion1764
rising board1769
remontoire1774
escapement1779
clock jack1784
locking plate1786
scapement1789
motion work1795
anchor escapement1798
scape1798
star-wheel1798
recoil escapement1800
recoiling pallet1801
recoiling scapement1801
cannon1802
hammer-tail1805
recoiling escapement1805
bottle jack1810
renovating spring1812
quarter-boy1815
pin tooth1817
solar wheel1819
impulse-teeth1825
pendulum wheel1825
pallet arbor1826
rewinder1826
rack hook1829
snail-wheel1831
quarter bell1832
tow1834
star pulley1836
watch train1838
clock train1843
raising-piece1843
wheelwork1843
gravity escapement1850
jumper1850
vertical escapement1850
time train1853
pin pallet1860
spade1862
dead well1867
stop-work1869
ringer1873
strike-or-silent1875
warning-piece1875
guard-pin1879
pendulum cock1881
warning-lever1881
beat-pin1883
fusee-piece1884
fusee-snail1884
shutter1884
tourbillion1884
tumbler1884
virgule1884
foliot1899
grasshopper1899
grasshopper escapement1899
trunk1899
pin lever1908
clock spring1933
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 247 Fusee snail, a projecting nose on the end of the fusee.
fusee-windlass n. (see quots.).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan
windas1293
wind1399
windlassc1400
fern1546
stow?1549
capstock1551
winch1577
draw-beam1585
wind-beam1585
winder1585
capstring1609
crab1627
guindall1628
gin1632
Jack1686
screw engine1688
twirl1688
moulineta1706
jack roll1708
wind-lifta1734
whim1738
stowce1747
whim-engine1759
macaroni gin1789
whimsy1789
winze1839
jack roller1843
wink1847
winding engine1858
fusee-windlass1874
come-along1891
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 930/1 Fusee-windlass, a pump-windlass with a conical barrel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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