fusil


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fusil1 /ˈfjuːzɪl/
noun historical a light musket.
– origin C16 (denoting a flint in a tinderbox): from Fr., based on L. focus ‘hearth, fire’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fusil2 /ˈfjuːzɪl/
noun Heraldry an elongated lozenge.
– origin ME: from OFr. fusel, from a dimin. of L. fusus ‘spindle’.
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