noun 1.a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
2.a red flare light, used on a railroad as a warning signal to approaching trains.
3.Horology. a spirally grooved, conical pulley and chain arrangement for counteracting the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring.
Origin: 1580–90; <
Middle French fusée spindleful, derivative of
Old French fus spindle. See
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