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Webster 1913 Edition

Fusil

Fu′sil

,
Adj.
[L.
fusilis
molten, fluid, fr.
fundere
,
fusum
, to pour, cast. See
Fuse
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
[R.]
“A kind of fusil marble”
Woodward.
2.
Running or flowing, as a liquid.
[R.]
“A fusil sea.”
J. Philips.
3.
Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded.
[Obs.]
Milton.

Fu′sil

,
Noun.
[F.
fusil
, LL.
fosile
a steel for kindling fire, from L.
focus
hearth, fireplace, in LL. fire. See
Focus
, and cf.
Fusee
a firelock.]
A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.

Fu′sil

,
Noun.
[See 3d
Fusee
.]
(Her.)
A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; – named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
☞ It differs from a lozenge in being longer in proportion to its width.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fusil

FU'SIL

, a, s as z. [L. 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. [L. 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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