Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light flintlock musket.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- 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.
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