fusee

fu·see also fu·zee  (fy-z)

n.

1. A friction match with a large head capable of burning in a wind.

2. A colored flare used as a warning signal for trucks and railroad trains.

3. A cone-shaped pulley with a spiral groove, used in a cord- or chain-winding clock to maintain even travel in the timekeeping mechanism as the force of the mainspring lessens in unwinding.

4. A combustible fuse for detonating explosives.

---

[From French fusée, spindle, rocket, flare, fuse, from Old French, spindleful of thread, from fus, spindle, from Latin fsus.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fusee - a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring fusee drive clock - a timepiece that shows the time of day drive - a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"
	2.	fusee - a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains fuzee flare - a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
	3.	fusee - a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind fuzee friction match, match, lucifer - lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag"
	4.	fusee - any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant fuze, primer, priming, fuse, fuzee detonating fuse - a fuse containing an explosive igniter, ignitor, lighter, light - a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" safety fuse - a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance time-fuse - a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)