{ Fuse, or Fuze }, 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.
Fu*see" (?), n. 1. (Railroads) A signal used principally for the protection of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time.
2. (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.
Fu"se*lage (?), n. (Aëronautics) An elongated body or frame of an aëroplane or flying machine; sometimes, erroneously, any kind of frame or body. Many aëroplanes have no fuselage, properly so called.
{ Fuse, or Fuze, plug }. 1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse.
2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a fuse in electric wiring.
{ Fu"thorc Fu"thork } (?), n. [Written also futharc, futhark.] The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the six letters f, u, þ (th), o (or a), r, c (=k).
The letters are called Runes and the alphabet bears the name Futhorc from the first six letters.