Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Capable of being fused; fusible.
  • adjective Archaic Formed by melting or casting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Same as fusil, a.

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  • noun heraldry Alternative form of fusil.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Latin fūsilis, from fūsus, past participle of fundere, to melt; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • Of all the kinds termed fusile, that which is the densest and is formed out of the finest and most uniform parts is that most precious possession called gold, which is hardened by filtration through rock; this is unique in kind, and has both a glittering and a yellow colour.

    Timaeus 2006

  • Of all the kinds termed fusile, that which is the densest and is formed out of the finest and most uniform parts is that most precious possession called gold, which is hardened by filtration through rock; this is unique in kind, and has both a glittering and a yellow colour.

    TIMAEUS Plato 1949

  • Of all the kinds termed fusile, that which is the densest and is formed out of the finest and most uniform parts is that most precious possession called gold, which is hardened by filtration through rock; this is unique in kind, and has both a glittering and a yellow colour.

    Timaeus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

  • His whole physical formation seemed to become "fusile" with the fire of his ethical passion, and his eloquence flowed like a stream of molten lava, carrying all before it in its irresistible rush, glorious as well as terrible, and fertilizing while it subdued.

    Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • Water, again, admits in the first place of a division into two kinds; the one liquid and the other fusile.

    Timaeus 2006

  • The liquid kind is composed of the small and unequal particles of water; and moves itself and is moved by other bodies owing to the want of uniformity and the shape of its particles; whereas the fusile kind, being formed of large and uniform particles, is more stable than the other, and is heavy and compact by reason of its uniformity.

    Timaeus 2006

  • STRANGER: Looking, now, at the world and all the animals and plants, at things which grow upon the earth from seeds and roots, as well as at inanimate substances which are formed within the earth, fusile or non - fusile, shall we say that they come into existence — not having existed previously — by the creation of God, or shall we agree with vulgar opinion about them?

    The Sophist 2006

  • Again, when the fire goes out of the fusile substance, it does not pass into a vacuum, but into the neighbouring air; and the air which is displaced forces together the liquid and still moveable mass into the place which was occupied by the fire, and unites it with itself.

    Timaeus 2006

  • Of the fusile kinds the fairest and heaviest is gold; this is hardened by filtration through rock, and is of a bright yellow colour.

    Timaeus 2006

  • The liquid is composed of small and unequal particles, the fusile of large and uniform particles and is more solid, but nevertheless melts at the approach of fire, and then spreads upon the earth.

    Timaeus 2006

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  • "FUSILE, a light musket." Whence comes the term "Fusilier." Usage on heavy dragoon. (citation in list description)

    October 9, 2008