/fyooh zee"/ , n.
1. a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
2. a red flare light, used on a railroad as a warning signal to approaching trains.
3. Horol. a spirally grooved, conical pulley and chain arrangement for counteracting the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring.
4. fuse 1 (def. 1). Also, fuzee .
[ 1580-90; fusée spindleful, deriv. of OF fus spindle. See FUSE 1 ]