fusil
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He had seized his fusil, and wriggled his body into an erect attitude; but he felt powerless to do more.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
A fusil is a bearing in heraldry made in the form of a spindle, with its yarn or thread wound about it.
From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
The fusil is like the lozenge, but narrower.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
The piece of Alexis was a handsome Jäger rifle; Ivan’s was a double-barrelled shot-gun or fowling-piece; while Pouchskin balanced over his shoulder an immense fusil, the bullet of which weighed a good ounce avoirdupois.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
To prevent suspicion, the officer in command had orders to make every sentinel he set or relieved in the night-time fire his fusil and to beat his drum at the usual hour.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
