Definitionn. a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
Last update: October 18, 2015
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That Parsee smells fire like a fusee; and smells of it himself, like a hot musket's powder-pan. [Please select]
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In my absence the hunters had killed Some Deer & a Elk, one fusee found &c. [Please select]
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The principle of the "drum and fusee" action will be understood from Fig. [Please select]
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The result was the discovery of a good many clay pipes, more or less blackened and shortened, with a few plugs of tobacco, but not a single match, either fusee or congreve. [Please select]
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Then he landed alone on the shore opposite the hostiles, having sent one of his interpreters by a detour through the woods to lie in ambush with fusee ready for instant action. [Please select]
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