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A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. Byron. Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise Carlyle.

A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n. Chemical fuze, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. -- Concussion fuze, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. -- Electric fuz…

A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any internal-combustion engine.

The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.

A kind of internal-combustion engine; -- in British countries called usually petrol engine.

. See Illust. (10) Of Cross. -- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire. -- Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Ure. -- Greek rose, the flower campion.

The great bustard.

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.

nt, and hauled their ships to land. Pope. Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.

ce (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; -- called also fire surface.

Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak. All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles.

The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought. Addison.

Confusedly; in a bustle. [Obs.] Gray.

To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.

Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.

Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

oducing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.

One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. Free lance, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his…

ange gear for an automobile; a cam shaft operated by a two-to-one gear in an internal- combustion engine. It is generally a shaft moving more or less independently of the other parts of a machine, as, in some marine engines, a shaft, driven by a small auxiliary engine, for independently operating the valves of the main…