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fusil
/ˈfjuːzɪl/
noun 2adj 1
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4ADJ.
wrought
VERB + FUSIL
end
FUSIL + NOUN
sea
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
noun
1
A light flintlock musket or firelock.
[H]e out of meer wantonness attempted to trip up the heels of the soldier that stood next him, but failed in the execution, and received a blow of his breast with the butt end of a fusil, that made him stagger several paces backward.
adj
1
Obsolete spelling of fusile.
what might else be wrought / Fusil or grav'n in metal
A fusil sea.
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[H]e out of meer wantonness attempted to trip up the heels of the soldier that stood next him, but failed in the execution, and received a blow of his breast with the butt end of a fusil, that made hi
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what might else be wrought / Fusil or grav'n in metal
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A fusil sea.
Wiktionary04
Part of one of thoſe round Pillars that are commonly ſuppos'd to be fuſil marble: but not truly; this being of the common Suſſex Marble, full of Sea-Shells.
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