\Fu*see"\, n. [See 2d {Fusil}, and cf. {Fuse}, n.]
1. A flintlock gun. See 2d {Fusil}. [Obs.]
2. A fuse. See {Fuse}, n.
3. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.

\Fu*see"\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
The track of a buck. --Ainsworth.

\Fu*see"\, n. [F. fus['e]e a spindleful, fusee, LL.
fusata, fr. fusare to use a spindle, L. fusus spindle.]
(a) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed
    to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the
    chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a
    spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner
    that the diameter of the cone at the point where the
    chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of
    the spring.
(b) A similar wheel used in other machinery.

\Fu*see"\, n.
1. (Railroads) A signal used principally for the protection
   of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition
   which burns with a bright colored light for a definite
   time.
2.
   (a) A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous
       head which when ignited is not easily blown out even
       in a gale of wind.
   (b) A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter
       and having the usual igniting tip.