fusee

/fyoo-zee/US // fyuˈzi //UK // (fjuːˈziː) //

燧人氏,燧石,燧石座,燧石台

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
- : a red flare light, used on a railroad as a warning signal to approaching trains.
- : Horology. a spirally grooved, conical pulley and chain arrangement for counteracting the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring.
- : fuse.

as infriction match

Synonyms

My brother had bought an unsuccessful one-rater, he re-named Fusee, the year before.
One reason was because she clung stubbornly to the old-fashioned fusee long after other people had abandoned it for the spring.
I pulled out my fusee-box, struck a light, and looked at my watch.
The other day, on the pier at Boulogne, I lit a fusee for the purpose of having a smoke.
After being strangled at the bottom like the mouth of a phial, it is attached to the end of the fusee by means of twine and paste.