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fusible, a.|ˈfjuːzɪb(ə)l|
Also 7 fusable.
[a. F. fusible, ad. mod.L. *fūsibilis, f. L. fūs-, ppl. stem of fundĕre to pour, melt, fuse.]
Capable of being fused or melted. fusible metal (see quot. 1853). fusible plug (see quot. 1874).
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 303 Also of hir induration, Oiles, ablucions, and metal fusible To tellen al, wolde passen any bible. 1605Timme Quersit. ii. i. 104 Salt is fusible. 1615G. Sandys Trav. iii. 203 Sand..becoming fusable with the heate of the fornace. 1685Boyle Effects of Mot. iv. 36 The burning fluid..may be made..to melt..the more fusible metals. 1747Hooson Miner's Dict. O j b, That called Potter's Ore..is so frim and fusible that [etc.]. 1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 297 These mixtures are more fusible than either of their constituents. 1844–57G. Bird Urin. Deposits (ed. 5) 472 The most contorted and irregularly figured calculus is the triple or fusible. 1853Ure Dict. Arts I. 46 The fusible metal consisting of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin..melts at the heat of boiling water or 212° Fahr. though the melting point deduced from the mean of its components should be 514°. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Fusible plug, one placed in the skin of a steam-boiler, so as to be melted and allow the discharge of the contents when a dangerous heat is reached. 1884Manch. Exam. 1 Dec. 5/4 The explosion..was partly due..to a defective fusible plug.
Hence ˈfusibleness, the quality of being fusible.
1684Boyle Porousn. Anim. & Solid Bod. viii. 130 He had reduced..real Gold, to that degree of Fusibleness and subtlety, that..the finer part of the Metal would sweat through his Glasses. |