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fusil

[fyoo-zuhl, -sil]

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

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adjective

formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.

Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible.

Archaic. melted; molten.

Also, fu·sile

[fyoo-zuhl, -sil, -sahyl] .

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fūsilis molten, fluid. See fuse², -ile

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fusil¹ (ˈfjuːzɪl)

—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, fuse¹ (the heraldic lozenge originally represented a spindle covered with tow for spinning)]

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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