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Webster 1913 Edition
Fusil
1.
Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
[R.]
“A kind of fusil marble” Woodward.
2.
Running or flowing, as a liquid.
[R.]
“A fusil sea.” J. Philips.
3.
Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded.
[Obs.]
Milton.
Fu′sil
,Noun.
[See 3d
Fusee
.] (Her.)
A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; – named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
☞ It differs from a lozenge in being longer in proportion to its width.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fusil
FU'SIL
, a, s as z. [L. fusilis, from fusus,fundo.]1.
Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat.2.
Running; flowing, as a liquid.FU'SIL
,Noun.
1.
A light musket or firelock.2.
A bearing in heraldry of a rhomboidal figure, named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.Definition 2024
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English
A fusil (heraldric symbol)
A fusil (flintlock musket), 1766 model
Noun
fusil (plural fusils)
- (heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, resembling a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
- (historical) A light flintlock musket.
Translations
heraldic feature
weapon
Etymology 2
Latin fusilis (“molten, fluid”).
Adjective
fusil (comparative more fusil, superlative most fusil)
- (obsolete) Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
- Woodward
- A kind of fusil marble.
- Woodward
- (obsolete) Running or flowing, like a liquid.
- J. Philips
- A fusil sea.
- J. Philips
- (obsolete) Formed by melting and pouring into a mould; cast; founded.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
French
Etymology
From Old French fuisil, foisil, from Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus. Compare Italian fucile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.zi/
Noun
fusil m (plural fusils)
- rifle, gun (often used by the French during the French and Indian War)
- steel to strike sparks from a flint (pierre à fusil)