Fusiform

[Fr. fusiforme, from Lat. fusus, a spindle, and form a, shape.] ( Bot. ) Shaped like a spindle. Fu's il, Fusile, a. [Fr. fusile; Lat. fusil is, from fundere, fusum, to melt.] Capable of being melted; liquefiable by heat. "A kind of fusil marble." - Woodward. -Running by the force of heat. "And the stubborn flint turn into a fusil sea." - Philips . Fu's il, n. [Fr. fusil , a rifle; It. focile , from Lat. focus , a hearth, in L. Lat., a fire.) A small light musket or firelock. - [See FUSÉE.] ( Her.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, longer and more acute than a lozenge.