fusil¹ /fūˈzil/ (heraldry)

An elongated rhomboidal figure

fusil² /fūˈzil/

A flintlock musket (also fusee)

fusilierˈ or fusileerˈ noun

1. Formerly a soldier armed with a fusil, now simply a historical title borne by a few regiments
2. A member of such a regiment

fusillade /-ādˈ/ noun

1. A simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms
2. Anything assaulting one in a similar way, a barrage (lit and figurative)

To assault by fusillade

fusillāˈtion noun (obsolete)

Death by shooting

fuse¹ /fūz/

1. To melt
2. To liquefy by heat
3. To join by, or as if by, melting together
4. To cause to fail by the melting of a fuse (elec)

1. To be melted
2. To be reduced to a liquid
3. To melt together
4. To blend or unite
5. (of an electric appliance) to fail by the melting of a fuse

A piece of fusible metal, with its mounting, inserted as a safeguard against overloading in an electric circuit

fūsibilˈity noun

The degree of ease with which a substance can be fused

fūsˈible adjective

Able to be fused or easily fused

fūsile /fūˈzīl, -sīl or -zil/ or (Milton) fūˈsil /fūˈzil/ adjective

1. Cast
2. Fusible
3. Molten

fuse box noun

A box containing the switches and fuses for an electrical system

fuse wire noun

Thin metal wire used in electrical fuses

fusible metal noun

Any of numerous alloys containing bismuth, lead and tin (sometimes with mercury or cadmium) with low melting points, esp in the range 60º to 180ºC

fusing point noun

Melting point

blow a fuse

1. To cause or suffer the melting of an electrical fuse through overloading
2. To lose one's temper (informal)

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