fusil

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He had seized his fusil, and wriggled his body into an erect attitude; but he felt powerless to do more.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

Immediately Sir George and Guild, accompanied by a servant who was with them, started in pursuit of the intruder, and a moment afterward Dorothy heard her father's voice and the discharge of the fusil.

From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Major, Charles

A fusil is a bearing in heraldry made in the form of a spindle, with its yarn or thread wound about it.

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

The taste was all that he had anticipated, and melted iron could hardly have been more painful than that first torture of cold, fusil acid.

From The River Prophet by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

The smoke of his fusil mingling with the smoke from the chimney, averted suspicion, and with the simple-minded creatures who heard the report and witnessed its effects the whole matter remained a mystery.

From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George