Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fuze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bickford fuse \Bick"ford fuse\ or fuze \fuze\, or Bickford match
\Bickford match\
A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of
explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope
or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute.
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)
Fuze \Fuze\, n.
A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a
shell, etc. See {Fuse}, n.
{Chemical fuze}, a fuze in which substances separated until
required for action are then brought into contact, and
uniting chemically, produce explosion.
{Concussion fuze}, a fuze ignited by the striking of the
projectile.
{Electric fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark
produced by an electric current.
{Friction fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved
by friction.
{Percussion fuze}, a fuze in which the ignition is produced
by a blow on some fulminating compound.
{Time fuze}, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the
character of its composition, to burn a certain time
before producing an explosion.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fuze
n : any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited [syn: {fuse},
{fusee}, {fuzee}, {primer}, {priming}]
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