2. Verb. (third-person singular of fuze) ¹
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Definition of Fuzes
1. fuze [v] - See also: fuze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuzes
Literary usage of Fuzes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1875)
"A series of fuzes was fired through one of these conductors, to be called, ...
While the fuzes on No. 1 conductor were thus fired directly, those on No. ..."
2. Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856: Report of Major Alfred by Alfred Mordecai, Julius Schön, Josiah Gorgas (1861)
"In England, Boxer's fuzes, before described, under the head of "spherical ...
The French fuzes for bombs and common shells are very little changed from the ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The fuzes first used were short iron or copper tubes filled with slow-burning
composition. ... Early attempts to produce percussion fuzes were unsuccessful, ..."
4. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"This irregularity of burning is common to all fuzes where the composition is driven
... The composition of mortar-fuzes is, nitre 2 parts, sulphur 1 part, ..."
5. Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and by Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Henry Watts, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1865)
"The fuzes contrived by Abel for use with magneto-electric apparatus are of two
kinds, the one being adapted for mining purposes and the other for firing ..."
6. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy by Navy Dept, United States, Bureau of Ordnance (1866)
"THE USE OF fuzes. 32-1 • All spherical shells, except those for the 24 and 12 pdr.
... There are also supplied paper-case fuzes of greater length, which, ..."
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