Definition for FU-SEE'

FU-SEE', n.1 [s as z. Fr. fusée, fuseau; It. fuso; Sp. huso; Port. fuso; from L. fusus, a spindle, from fundo, fudi, fusum.]

The cone or conical part of a watch or clock, round which is wound the chain or cord. Encyc. Johnson.

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