Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive. · An otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant speed to the other end. · Alternative spelling of fuze, a detonator, any mechanism igniting an explosive substance or device. · A tendency to lose one's temper.
To furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse on. · Alternative spelling of fuze, to equip with a detonator.
From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
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