fusil

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FU'SIL, a, s as z. [Latin fusilis, from fusus, fundo.] 1. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat. 2. Running; flowing, as a liquid. FU'SIL, noun s as z. [Latin fusus, fundo.] 1. A light musket or firelock. 2. A bearing in heraldry of a rhomboidal figure, named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
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