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fu·zee       [fyoo-zee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
fusee.
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fu·see also fu·zee       (fyōō-zē')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A friction match with a large head capable of burning in a wind.
  2. A colored flare used as a warning signal for trucks and railroad trains.
  3. A cone-shaped pulley with a spiral groove, used in a cord- or chain-winding clock to maintain even travel in the timekeeping mechanism as the force of the mainspring lessens in unwinding.
  4. A combustible fuse for detonating explosives.


[From French fusée, spindle, rocket, flare, fuse, from Old French, spindleful of thread, from fus, spindle, from Latin fūsus.]

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fu·zee       (fyōō-zē')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Variant of fusee.

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fuzee

noun
1. a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains [syn: fusee] 
2. a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind [syn: fusee] 
3. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse] 

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