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Fusil
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible. [R.] "A kind of fusil marble" Woodward.
2. Running or flowing, as a liquid. [R.] "A fusil sea." J. Philips.
3. Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded. [Obs.] Milton.