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Meanings of fusee in inglês

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Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.

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        Long-burning flare used on roadways and in rail transport.

              A spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring.

                    Usage of fusee in inglês
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                    This is Six; she's making some fusee chain for Mr Fanshaw.
                    The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
                    2
                    He said nothing, but consulted his watch by the aid of a fusee.
                    The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
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                    You glow like a fusee whenever you see a young lady.
                    The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
                    4
                    The stranger popped open the plastic case and took out a long red fusee.
                    Pandemonium
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                    The chief had a fusee, which he carried slung, in addition to his rifle.
                    The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and Cali...
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                    Then the fusee sputtered out, and he tossed it into the snow behind them.
                    Pandemonium
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                    I had some fusee chain made this morning, I can mend it while you wait.'
                    The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
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                    For a long time did this shower of sparks descend, spraying continuously like a fusee.
                    A Love Episode
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                    We found a burning fusee, sure enough, but took good care to throw it overboard.
                    The Three Admirals
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                    If unfortunately they come within reach of his fusee, he almost invariably brings them down.
                    The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
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                    He lingered a moment; and lighted a fusee, just for the sake of hearing the old familiar words.
                    Under Two Flags
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                    He quickly manufactured a fusee, so that the mass would not blaze up until the yard was fixed.
                    The Three Admirals
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                    He did not follow them himself until he had picked up and tossed a fusee into the fire.
                    Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
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                    In front of the sultan, the Zeg Zeg troops had one French fusee; the Kano forces had forty-one muskets.
                    Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, ...
                    15
                    Many inventions were put forward by chemists before the perfecting of the common match, the wax vesta, and the fusee.
                    Chats on Household Curios
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                    You must leave in this ball an opening to serve as a fusee, and cover it with rosin and sulphur.
                    The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
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