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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
FUSEE', n. s as z. [L. fusus, a spindle, from fundo, fudi, fusum.]
FUSEE', n. s as z.
A
flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
[Obs.] A fuse. See Fuse,
A kind of match for lighting a pipe or
cigar.
The track of a buck.
Ainsworth. The cone
or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power
of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains
the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such
a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain
acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.
A signal used principally for the protection
of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns
with a bright colored light for a definite time.
A friction match for
smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily
blown out even in a gale of wind.
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