fusil

English

A fusil (heraldric symbol)
A fusil (flintlock musket), 1766 model

Etymology 1

See fusee.

Noun

fusil (plural fusils)

  1. (heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, resembling a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
  2. (historical) A light flintlock musket.

Translations

Etymology 2

Latin fusilis (“molten, fluid”).

Adjective

fusil (comparative more fusil, superlative most fusil)

  1. (obsolete) Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
    • Woodward
      A kind of fusil marble.
  2. (obsolete) Running or flowing, like a liquid.
    • J. Philips
      A fusil sea.
  3. (obsolete) Formed by melting and pouring into a mould; cast; founded.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fusil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

From Old French fuisil, foisil, from Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus. Compare Italian fucile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fy.zi/
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Noun

fusil m (plural fusils)

  1. rifle, gun
  2. steel to strike sparks from a flint (pierre à fusil)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From French fusil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuˈsil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Noun

fusil m (plural fusiles)

  1. rifle
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