Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fuzee"
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)
fuzee
n 1: a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in
the wind [syn: {fusee}]
2: any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited [syn: {fuse},
{fuze}, {fusee}, {primer}, {priming}]
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