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Webster 1913 Edition
Fuze
Fuze
,Noun.
A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See
Fuse
, Noun.
Chemical fuze
, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion.
– Concussion fuze
, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile.
– Electric fuze
, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current.
– Friction fuze
, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. See
– fuzee
{1}. Percussion fuze
, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound.
– Time fuze
, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion.