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fusil en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfjuːzɪl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.

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Synonyms

fusee

Translations (8)

sv spetsruta (heraldic feature) · de Spindel (heraldic feature) · fi ruutu (heraldic feature) · fr fusée (heraldic feature) · de Wecke (heraldic feature) · it fuso (heraldic feature) · pl pociągły romb (heraldic feature) · es fusado (heraldic feature)

fusil en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfjuːzɪl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock.
   • [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. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

Forms

Synonyms

fusee

Translations (8)

fr fusil (weapon) · pl muszkiet (weapon) · bg кремъклийка (weapon) · it fucile (weapon) · fi piilukkomusketti (weapon) · es fusil (weapon) · cs mušketa (weapon) · de Gewehr (weapon)

fusil en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfjuːzɪl/

Etymology

Alternative forms.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of fusile.
   alt of fusile
   • what might else be wrought / Fusil or grav'n in metal 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • Part of one of thoſe round Pillars that are commonly ſuppos'd to be fuſil marble: but not truly; this being of the common Suſſex Marble, full of Sea-Shells. 1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “A Catalogue of the Second Addition of English Native Fossils”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, page 91:
   • A fusil sea. 1708, [John Philips], “Book II”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 70:

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