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fusee

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fusee [fyü′zē]
(horology)
In a timepiece, a conical pulley with grooves in a spiral configuration from which a cord or chain unwinds onto a barrel containing the spring; the increasing diameter of the pulley compensates for the lessening power of the spring.
(veterinary medicine)
A bony growth occurring on a horse's leg. Also spelled fuzee.


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The naturalist, who had advanced with sufficient deliberation to note the smallest hostile demonstration of the garrison, now raised a white handkerchief on the end of his fusee, and came within speaking distance of the fortress.
 
 
 
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