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{ or or . A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ L. circumfusus, p. p. of circumfundere to pour around; circum + fundere to pour. ] To pour round; to spread round. [ 1913 Webster ]

His army circumfused on either wing. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound. ] Mixed; confounded. [ Obs. ] Baret. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Confused p. pr. & vb. n. Confusing. ] 1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. [ 1913 Webster ]

A universal hubbub wild
Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
A life that leads melodious days. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confused and sadly she at length replied. Pope.

Syn. -- To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as confounded; as, bewildered and confused.
Syn. -- at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, mazed, mixed-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. lacking orderly continuity.
Syn. -- disconnected, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory, garbled, illogical, rambling, scattered, unconnected. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. thrown into disorder; as, His workbench held a confused assortment of spare engine parts..
Syn. -- disordered, in disarray, upset. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. having lost one's bearings physically or mentally.
Syn. -- disoriented, lost. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. not marked by fine distinctions. discriminate
Syn. -- indiscriminate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. causing bafflement and confusion.
Syn. -- bewildering, confusing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a confused manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of confusion. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Confusedly; obscurely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Diffuse. ] 1. To disorder; to make shapeless. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove the fuse from; to deactivate (a bomb or other explosive device) or make it ineffective.
Syn. -- deactivate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. To make less dangerous; as, to defuse a tense confrontation between demonstrators and police. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Diffused p. pr. & vb. n. Diffusing. ] [ L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif- = dis- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt. ] To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thence diffuse
His good to worlds and ages infinite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell.

Syn. -- To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse; publish; proclaim. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. diffusus, p. p. ] Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human things. Milton.

Syn. -- Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See Prolix. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. Hawthorne.

-- Dif*fus"ed*ly adv. -- Dif*fus"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a diffuse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, diffuses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt. ] 1. Poured out freely; profuse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So should our joy be very effuse. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [ Obs. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zoöl.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Effusion; loss. “Much effuse of blood.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effused p. pr. & vb. n. Effusing. ] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With gushing blood effused. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To emanate; to issue. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fused p. pr. & vb. n. Fusing. ] [ L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast. See Foundo to cast, and cf. Futile. ] 1. To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unite or blend, as if melted together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose fancy fuses old and new. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be blended, as if melted together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion; the melting point. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For fusee, fusil. See 2d Fusil. ] (Gunnery, Mining, etc.) 1. A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fuse hole, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) a mechanism in a bomb, torpedo, rocket, or artillery shell, usually having an easily detonated explosive charge and activated by the shock of impact, which detonates the main explosive charge. Some fuses may have timing mechanisms, delaying the explosion for a short time, or up to several days after impact. Fuses activated by other mechanisms more sophisticated than impact, such as proximity or heat, are used in modern weapons such as antiaircraft or antimissile missiles. [ PJC ]

adj. joined together into a whole.
Syn. -- amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See 2d Fusil, and cf. Fuse, n. ] 1. A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fuse. See Fuse, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (a) A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind. (b) A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. A signal device, usually cylindrical, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time. It is used principally for the protection of trains or road vehicles, indicating an obstruction or accident ahead. Also called a flare or railroad flare. [ PJC ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] The track of a buck. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fusée a spindleful, fusee, LL. fusata, fr. fusare to use a spindle, L. fusus spindle. ] (a) 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. (b) A similar wheel used in other machinery.

n. [ F. fusel spindle-shaped + -age; fr. L. fusus spindle. ] (Aëronautics) The central, approximately cylindrical portion of an airplane which carries the passengers, crew, and cargo. It usually forms the main structural portion of an airplane, and to it are typically attached the wings, tail, and sometimes the engines. In single-propeller airplanes, the propeller is typically fixed at the front of the fuselage, although variants have been produced with the propeller at the rear. Some airplanes have no fuselage, properly so called.
Syn. -- body. [ PJC ]

n., . [ G. fusel bad liquor. ] (Chem.) A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but mostly of amyl alcohol; hence, amyl alcohol or a mixture of amyl alcohols. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ or }, n. (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. It serves the same function as a circuit breaker. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

{ or }. 1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a fuse in electric wiring. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. humus ground + fusus, p. p. of fundere to spread. ] (Bot.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not confused; distinct. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infused p. pr. & vb. n. Infusing. ] [ L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See Found to cast. ] 1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. [ 1913 Webster ]

That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. [ 1913 Webster ]

That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed? Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infuse his breast with magnanimity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infusing him with self and vain conceit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak. [ 1913 Webster ]

One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Infusion. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, infuses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. interfusus, p. p. of interfundere to pour between; inter between + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ambient air, wide interfused,
Embracing round this florid earth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread through; to permeate; to pervade. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Keats, in whom the moral seems to have so perfectly interfused the physical man, that you might almost say he could feel sorrow with his hands. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To mix up together; to associate. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Perfused p. pr. & vb. n. Perfusing. ] [ L. perfusus, p. p. of perfundere to pour over; per + fundere to pour. ] 1. To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass a liquid through or over; as, the isolated kidney was perfused with saline solution. [ PJC ]

3. (Surgery) To pass (a liquid) through an organ. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. profusus, p. p. of profundere to pour forth or out; pro forward, forth + fundere to pour: cf. F. profus. See Fuse to melt. ] 1. Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality. [ 1913 Webster ]

A green, shady bank, profuse of flowers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure. “Profuse ornament.” Kames. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Lavish; exuberant; bountiful; prodigal; extravagant. -- Profuse, Lavish, Prodigal. Profuse denotes pouring out (as money, etc.) with great fullness or freeness; as, profuse in his expenditures, thanks, promises, etc. Lavish is stronger, implying unnecessary or wasteful excess; as, lavish of his bounties, favors, praises, etc. Prodigal is stronger still, denoting unmeasured or reckless profusion; as, prodigal of one's strength, life, or blood, to secure some object. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a profuse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Extravagance; profusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Refused p. pr. & vb. n. Refusing. ] [ F. refuser, either from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L. refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see Refund to repay), or. fr. L. recusare to decline, refuse cf. Accuse, Ruse), influenced by L. refutare to drive back, repel, refute. Cf. Refute. ] 1. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

That never yet refused your hest. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar&unr_; about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cunning workman never doth refuse
The meanest tool that he may chance to use. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To disown. [ Obs. ] “Refuse thy name.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deny compliance; not to comply. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword. Isa. i. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Refusal. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See Refuse to deny. ] That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 1. Sam. xv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who refuses or rejects. [ 1913 Webster ]