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Definition: Fusee |
FuseeNoun1. A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind. 2. Any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fusee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | An igniter squib for a rocket. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A colored flare designed as a railway warning device, widely used to ignite backfires and other prescribed fires. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FuseeSynonyms: fuse (n), fuze (n), fuzee (n), primer (n), priming (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fuel | Brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco; linstock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fusee |
| Specialty definitions using "fusee": CHRONOMETER ASSEMBLER AND ADJUSTER ♦ Petard'. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fusee": Fusarole. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee". Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fusee | 28 |
fusee verge | 3 |
fusee hand single verge | 3 |
eau fusee | 2 |
clock fusee | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fusee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | червена светлина (red light, stop-signal), детонатор (exploder, fulminator, fuse, fuze, torpedo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | signalblus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | feu de signal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Warnungssignal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σήμα πυρκαγιάς. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fiaccola antivento, piramide (pyramid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | useefay fuzetã (linchpin). (various references) не гаснущая на ветру спичка (fusee vesta). (various references) bengala (Bengal, flare, sparkler). (various references) tändrör (fuse, fuze), stubintråd (fuse, fuze, match-cord), stubin (fuse, fuze, match-cord), stormtändsticka, snäcka (periwinkle, scroll, shell, snail, worm). (various references) แสงไฟสีส่องวาบเพื่อเตือนรถ, สายชนวน (fuzee). (various references) запал (eagerness, fervor, fervour, fuse, fuze, ignition, lighter, mettle, passion, primer, squib, zeal, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "fusee": fusees. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-s-u" | |
-1 letter: fees, feus, fuse. | |
-2 letters: efs, fee, feu, see, sue, use. | |
-3 letters: ef, es, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-s-u" | |
+1 letter: defuse, effuse, fescue, fusees, fuzees, refuse. | |
+2 letters: defused, defuses, defuzes, easeful, effused, effuses, eyefuls, ferules, fescues, fetuses, fuelers, perfuse, refuels, refuges, refused, refuser, refuses, refutes, unfrees. | |
+3 letters: effluxes, effulges, effusive, features, ferreous, ferrules, feverous, flexuose, flexures, foetuses, fouettes, fuehrers, fuellers, fumeless, fumettes, fuselage, fuseless, fusileer, menseful, needfuls, outfeels, perfumes, perfused, perfuses, refluxes, refugees, refusers, refuters, reinfuse, senseful, sheenful, sneerful, suffered, sufferer, surefire, tumefies, unfences. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 73 65 65 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. ..- ... . . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01110011 01100101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u s e e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 0073 0065 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4087857171 |
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