FUSIL

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible. [R.] "A kind of fusil marble" Woodward.

2.
a.

Running or flowing, as a liquid. [R.] "A fusil sea." J. Philips.

3.
a.

Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded. [Obs.] Milton.

4.
n.

A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.

5.
n.

A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.


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