Fusee

Fuzee , fū-zē′, n. the spindle in a watch or clock on which the chain is wound: a match used for lighting a pipe or cigar in the open air: a fuse: a fusil.— adj. Fū′siform , spindle-shaped: tapering at each end. [O. Fr. fusée , a spindleful—Low L. fusata —L. fusus , a spindle.]