fusil

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The fusil is like the lozenge, but narrower.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

The taste was all that he had anticipated, and melted iron could hardly have been more painful than that first torture of cold, fusil acid.

From The River Prophet by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

The voice went on imperturbably:   "Avec son grand fusil d'argent,   En roulant ma boule,   Visa le noir, tua le blanc,   Rouli roulant, ma boule roulant."

From The Call of the North by White, Stewart Edward

Two or three more shots were fired with like effect; and the fusil of Pouchskin was next called into requisition, and brought to bear upon the nest.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

At any hour of the day or night they are ready for battle: they tend their cattle on horseback, lance in hand, fusil in sling, and sabre in belt. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis