Definitions for fusil
ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl; -zəl, -sɪl, -saɪlfusil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fusilnoun

   a light flintlock musket

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fusiladjective

   Etymology: fusile, French; fusilis, Latin.

   1. Capable of being melted; liquifiable by heat.

   The liquid ore he drain’d
   Into fit molds prepar’d; from which he form’d
   First his own tools: then, what might else be wrought
   Fusile, or grav’n in metal. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

   Some, less skilful, fancy these scapi that occur in most of the larger Gothick buildings of England are artificial; and will have it, that they are a kind of fusil marble. John Woodward.

   2. Running by the force of heat.

   Perpetual flames,
   O’er sand and ashes, and the stubborn flint,
   Prevailing, turn into a fusil sea. Phillips.

2. Fusilnoun

   Etymology: fusil, French.

   1. A firelock; a small neat musquet.2. [In heraldry, from fusus, Latin.]Something like a spindle.

   Fusils must be made long, and small in the middle, in the ancient coat of Mountague, argent three fusils in sesse gules. Henry Peacham, on Blazoning.

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1. fusil

   A fusil is a term given to a type of old, light-weight flintlock musket or firearm used during the 17th to 19th centuries. In heraldry, the term fusil also refers to a diamond-shaped charge or symbol used in coats of arms.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fusilverb

   capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible

2. Fusilverb

   running or flowing, as a liquid

3. Fusilverb

   formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded

4. Fusilnoun

   a light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use

5. Fusilnoun

   a bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle

6. Etymology: [See 3d Fusee.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fusil

   fū′zil, n. a flint-lock musket. [O. Fr. fuisil, a flint-musket, same as It. focile—Low L. focile, steel (to strike fire with), dim. of L. focus, a fireplace.]

2. Fusil

   fū′zil, n. (her.) an elongated rhomboidal figure. [O. Fr. fusel—L. fusus, a spindle.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fusil

   Formerly a light musket with which sergeants of infantry and some particular regiments were armed.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fusil

   A light musket; a steel which strikes fire out of a flint; a tinder-box; the piece of steel which covers the pan of a fire-arm.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fusil in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fusil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fusil
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fusil
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fusil
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fusil
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=fusil
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html