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fusee

[fyoo-zee] / fyuˈzi /


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The importance of the fusee should not be underestimated: it made possible the development of the portable clock as well as the subsequent evolution of the pocket watch.

From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2011

Thus, the fusee equalized the force of the spring on the wheels of the timekeeper.

From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2011

The railroad explained that the West Coast Champion's fireman had gone down the track to set a fusee, had stumbled and destroyed his only one.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before we lighted the fusee, I discovered a large copper caldron which I thought I might save.

From The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Wyss, Jean Rudolph

He was rocking himself asleep with these flattering ideas, when the Marechaussée entered his chamber, and seized upon his double-charged fusee and his great sabre.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by