Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fuse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fuse \Fuse\, or Fuze \Fuze\, n. (Elec.)
A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in
an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a
certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the
circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fuse \Fuse\, or Fuze plug \Fuze, plug\ .
1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to
hold the fuse.
2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a
fuse in electric wiring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fuse \Fuse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fused} (fuzd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fusing}.] [L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast.
See {Foundo} to cast, and cf. Futile.]
1. To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.
2. To unite or blend, as if melted together.
Whose fancy fuses old and new. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fuse \Fuse\, v. i.
1. To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be
melted; to melt.
2. To be blended, as if melted together.
{Fusing point}, the degree of temperature at which a
substance melts; the point of fusion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fuse \Fuse\, n. [For fusee, fusil. See 2d {Fusil}.] (Gunnery,
Mining, etc.)
A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of
which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; --
called also {fuzee}. See {Fuze}.
{Fuse hole}, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception
of the fuse. --Farrow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fuse
n 1: electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical
current when it is overloaded [syn: {electrical fuse}]
2: any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited [syn: {fuze},
{fusee}, {fuzee}, {primer}, {priming}]
v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well";
"fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A.
Schlesinger [syn: {blend}, {flux}, {mix}, {conflate}, {commingle},
{immix}, {coalesce}, {meld}, {combine}, {merge}]
2: become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The
substances fused at a very high temperature"
3: equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse [ant: {defuse}]
4: make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the
electric mains"
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