| NOUN | artifact | fusee, fusee drive | a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring |
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| artifact | fusee, fuzee | a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains | |
| artifact | fusee, fuzee | a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind | |
| artifact | fusee, fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant |
| Meaning | A spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring. | |
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| Synonym | fusee drive | |
| Part of | clock | A timepiece that shows the time of day |
| Broader | drive | A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine |
| Meaning | A colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains. | |
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| Synonym | fuzee | |
| Broader | flare | A device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification |
| Meaning | A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind. | |
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| Synonym | fuzee | |
| Broader | match, lucifer, friction match | lighter / lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical |
| Meaning | Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant. | |
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| Synonyms | fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming | |
| Narrower | detonating fuse | A fuse containing an explosive |
| safety fuse | A slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter | |
| time-fuse | A fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) | |
| Broader | lighter, light, igniter, ignitor | A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires |
| Spanish | imprimación | |
| Catalan | cartilla | |
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