Fu*see" (?), n. 1.
(Railroads) A signal used principally for the protection
of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns
with a bright colored light for a definite time.
2. (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.
Fu*see" (?), n. [See 2d Fusil,
and cf. Fuse, n.] 1. A
flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. [Obs.]
2. A fuse. See Fuse,
n.
3. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or
cigar.
Fu*see", n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
The track of a buck. Ainsworth.
Fu*see", 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.
Fu*see" (?), n. 1.
(Railroads) A signal used principally for the protection
of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns
with a bright colored light for a definite time.
2. (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.
