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English Dictionary: Fusil by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fusil
n
  1. a light flintlock musket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fusil \Fu"sil\, a. [L. fusilis molten, fluid, fr. fundere,
      fusum, to pour, cast. See {Fuse}, v. t.]
      1. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat;
            fusible. [R.] [bd]A kind of fusil marble[b8] --Woodward.
  
      2. Running or flowing, as a liquid. [R.] [bd]A fusil sea.[b8]
            --J. Philips.
  
      3. Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded.
            [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fusil \Fu"sil\, n. [F. fusil, LL. fosile a steel for kindling
      fire, from L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LLL. fire. See
      {Focus}, and cf. {Fusee} a firelock.]
      A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fusil \Fu"sil\, n. [See 3d {Fusee}.] (Her.)
      A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape,
      which resembles that of a spindle.
  
      Note: It differs from a lozenge in being longer in proportion
               to its width.
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