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Webster 1913 Edition


Fuse

Fuse

(fūz)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fused
(fūzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fusing
.]
[L.
fusus
, p. p. of
fundere
to pour, melt, cast. See
Foundo
to cast, and cf.
Futile
.]
1.
To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.
2.
To unite or blend, as if melted together.
Whose fancy
fuses
old and new.
Tennyson.

Fuse

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
2.
To be blended, as if melted together.
Fusing point
,
the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion; the melting point.

Fuse

,
Noun.
[For
fusee
,
fusil
. See 2d
Fusil
.]
(Gunnery, Mining, etc.)
1.
A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; – called also
fuzee
. See
Fuze
.
Fuse hole
,
the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse.
Farrow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fuse

FUSE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. fundo, fusum, to pour out.]
To melt; to liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve.

FUSE

,
Verb.
I.
To be melted; to be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat.

Definition 2024


Füße

Füße

See also: fuesse, fuèsse, Füsse, and Fuße

German

Alternative forms

Noun

Füße

  1. nominative plural of Fuß
  2. accusative plural of Fuß
  3. genitive plural of Fuß