s as z. The cone or conical part of a watch or clock, round which is wound the chain or cord.

A small neat musket or firelock. But we now use fusil.

Fusee or fuse of a bomb or granade, a small pipe filled with combustible matter by which fire is communicated to the powder in the bomb; but as the matter burns slowly, time is given before the charge takes fire, for the bomb to reach its destination.