zəl, -sɪl noun
a light flintlock musket.
Origin:
1670–80; < French: musket, Old French fuisil, foisil steel for striking fire < Vulgar Latin *focīlis, derivative of Latin focus fire. See focus
1670–80; < French: musket, Old French fuisil, foisil steel for striking fire < Vulgar Latin *focīlis, derivative of Latin focus fire. See focus
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| —n | |
| a light flintlock musket | |
| [C16 (in the sense: steel for a tinderbox): from Old French fuisil, from Vulgar Latin focīlis (unattested), from Latin focus fire] | |
| fusil2 (ˈfjuːzɪl) | |
| —n | |
| heraldry a charge shaped like a lengthened lozenge | |
| [C15: from Old French fusel, ultimately from Latin fūsus spindle, | |
| fusile or fusil (ˈfjuːzaɪl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | easily melted; fusible |
| 2. | formed by casting or melting; founded |
| [C14: from Latin fūsilis molten, from fundere to pour out, melt] | |
| fusil or fusil | |
| —adj | |
| [C14: from Latin fūsilis molten, from fundere to pour out, melt] | |
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