Fusil

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  • noun. A light flintlock musket.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat.
  • Running or flowing, as a liquid.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
  • adjective. Running or flowing, as a liquid.
  • adjective. Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded.
  • noun. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
  • noun. A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, resembling a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a light flintlock musket
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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