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fusil

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fu⋅sil

1  [fyoo-zuhl, -sil]
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–noun
a light flintlock musket.
Origin:
1670–80; < F: musket, OF fuisil, foisil steel for striking fire < VL *focīlis, deriv. of L focus fire. See focus

fu⋅sil

2  [fyoo-zuhl, -sil]
–adjective
1. formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.
2. Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible.
3. Archaic. melted; molten.
Also, fu⋅sile  [fyoo-zuhl, -sil, -sahyl] .

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L fūsilis molten, fluid. See fuse 2 , -ile
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fu·sil   (fyōō'zəl)   
n.  A light flintlock musket.

[French, steel in a flintlock, firearm, from Old French fuisil, steel for a tinderbox, from Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), fire-(stone), from Late Latin focus, fire, from Latin, hearth.]
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