Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light flintlock musket.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat.
- Running or flowing, as a liquid.
- noun In her.: A bearing differing from the lozenge in being longer in proportion to its breadth, and named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
- noun A representation of a spindle covered with yarn.
- noun A flint-lock musket: originally so called in English, to distinguish it from the matchlock previously in use, from the French name of the piece of steel against which the flint strikes fire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
- adjective rare Running or flowing, as a liquid.
- adjective obsolete Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded.
- noun A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.
- noun (Her.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry A
bearing of arhomboidal figure , resembling aspindle in shape, longer than a heraldiclozenge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a light flintlock musket
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Champlain appears to be carrying a light arquebus that Paulin-Desormeaux calls a fusil de chasse, a hunting weapon; ibid., 1:184-93; for a more extended discussion, see below, chapter 12, and Appendix L.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Champlain appears to be carrying a light arquebus that Paulin-Desormeaux calls a fusil de chasse, a hunting weapon; ibid., 1:184-93; for a more extended discussion, see below, chapter 12, and Appendix L.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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"The fusil is another Rhombular figure like the lozenge, but more long than broad, and its upper and lower points are more acute than the two side points."
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Allay-foozee, in its turn, comes from the French allez-fusil, meaning Forward the muskets!
Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 4. Loan-Words and Non-English Influences Henry Louis 1921
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"A fusil is a bearing in heraldry made in the form of a spindle, with its yarn or thread wound about it.
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Continental, un film sans fusil/Continental, a Film Without Guns
The Year So Far - What Are Your Favorites? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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In paintings like "Site domestique (au fusil espadon) avec tête d'inca et petit fauteuil à droite" (1966) or sculptures like "La jubilant" (1967), Dubuffet enters an architectural dimension.
James Turrell's Skyspace Offers a Meditation on Light and Time 2009
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MARIE-GINETTE GUAY – Continental, un film sans fusil / Continental, a Film Without Guns
Row Three » Recapping the Genie Winners - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008
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GILBERT SICOTTE – Continental, un film sans fusil / Continental, a Film Without Guns
Row Three » Recapping the Genie Winners - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008
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FANNY MALLETTE – Continental, un film sans fusil / Continental, a Film Without Guns
Row Three » Recapping the Genie Winners - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008
fbharjo commented on the word fusil
a flintlock musket or capable OR capable of flowing OR a shape that resembles a spindle
February 8, 2013