Fuse

fūz, v.t. to melt: to liquefy by heat.— v.i. to be melted: to be reduced to a liquid.— n. Fusibil′ity .—adjs. Fū′sible , that may be fused or melted—( Milt. ) Fū′sile , Fū′sil .— ns. Fū′sing-point , the temperature at which any solid substance becomes liquid; Fū′sion , act of melting: the state of fluidity from heat: a close union of things, as if melted together.— Aqueous fusion , the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallisation; Dry fusion , the liquefaction produced in salts by heat after the water of crystallisation has been expelled; Igneous fusion , the melting of anhydrous salts by heat without decomposition. [L. fundĕre , fusum , to melt.]