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Definition of Fusil
1. Noun. A light flintlock musket.
Definition of Fusil
1. a. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
2. n. A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.
3. n. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
Definition of Fusil
1. a type of musket [n -S] - See also: musket
Medical Definition of Fusil
1. A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use. Origin: F. Fusil, LL. Fosile a steel for kindling fire, from L. Focus hearth, fireplace, in LLL. Fire. See Focus, and cf. Fusee a firelock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fusil
Literary usage of Fusil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"And it must here be observed that the Lozenge, fusil, Billet, Gyron, and Frette
were not used as single charges by the early Heralds ; but by them the ..."
2. A Key to the Exercises in Ollendorff's New Method of Learning to Read, Write by Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff (1850)
"Recevez-vous encore un fusil ?—J'en reçois encore un.—Combien de livre» notre
voisin reçoit-il encore ?—Il en reçoit encore trois. 89. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"fusil (i), a light musket. (F..-L.) The name has been transferred from the steel
... OFfusil, 'a fire-steele for a tinder-box;' Cot.; the same word as Ital. ..."
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