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Fusil

//ˈfjuːzɪl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of fusile. alt-of, obsolete

    "what might else be wrought / Fusil or grav'n in metal"

Noun
  1. 1
    A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
  2. 2
    A light flintlock musket or firelock. historical

    "[H]e out of meer wantonness attempted to trip up the heels of the soldier that stood next him, but failed in the execution, and received a blow of his breast with the butt end of a fusil, that made him stagger several paces backward."

  3. 3
    a light flintlock musket wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fusill, from Old French fusel, fuisel, from a late Latin diminutive of Latin fūsus (“spindle”).

Etymology 2

From Middle French fusil, ultimately from Latin focus (“hearth; fire”). Doublet of fusee.

Etymology 3

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