Noun
A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
A fuse. See Fuse, n.
A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.
The track of a buck.
The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.
A similar wheel used in other machinery.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnother type of flare is the fusee, which burns for 10–60 minutes with a bright red light. Source: Internet
A railroad fusee was timed to burn for ten minutes and quantities were dropped behind a train to ensure a safe spacing. Source: Internet
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Fusee An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad brakeman uses a fusee to demonstrate a hand signal indicating "stop". Source: Internet
This resulted in the invention of the stackfreed and the fusee in the 15th century, and many other innovations, down to the invention of the modern going barrel in 1760. Source: Internet