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Fuzee

noun
1.
A colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains.  Synonym: fusee.
2.
A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind.  Synonym: fusee.
3.
Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.  Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuze, primer, priming.





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"Fuzee" Quotes from Famous Books



... August 30th Friday 1805 a fine Morning, finding that we Could purchase no more horse than we had for our goods &c. (and those not a Sufficint number for each of our Party to have one which is our wish) I Gave my Fuzee to one of the men & Sold his musket for a horse which Completed us to 29 total horses, we Purchased pack Cords Made Saddles & Set out on our rout down the river by land guided by my old guide one other who joined him, the old gude's 3 Sons followed him before we Set out our hunters killed three ...
— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al


Words linked to "Fuzee" :   ignitor, light, safety fuse, match, time-fuse, lighter, lucifer, detonating fuse, flare, igniter, friction match


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