A short fuse used for firing artillery (now historical) and for igniting fireworks, etc.; = match, n.2 3a.

A fuse for firing artillery; = portfire, n.

A device used to initiate an explosion, a detonator; esp. a fuse in an explosive device. Also: a person who detonates an explosive device (rare).

Something that detonates; a contrivance for producing detonation, as a percussion-cap; a railway fog-signal. †spec. A detonating gun (obsolete): see…

(a) a fuse (fuse, n.2 1a) which burns sufficiently slowly that a safe distance from the charge can be reached before it ignites; (b) = fuse, n.5

a tool or implement used in blasting.

a magneto-electric device for detonating an explosive charge.

(a) a man employed to fire the shot (sense 7f) in blasting; (b) an electrical device for detonating the shot.

An explosive or device used to detonate the main charge.

Other technical uses.