Fuse \Fuse\, or Fuze \Fuze\, n. (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fuse \Fuse\, or Fuze plug \Fuze, plug\ .

1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse.

2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a fuse in electric wiring.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fuse \Fuse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fused (fuzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fusing.]

[L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast. See Foundo to cast, and cf. Futile.]

1. To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.

2. To unite or blend, as if melted together.

Whose fancy fuses old and new. --Tennyson.

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Fuse \Fuse\, v. i.

1. To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.

2. To be blended, as if melted together.

Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion.

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Fuse \Fuse\, n. [For fusee, fusil. See 2d Fusil.]

(Gunnery, Mining, etc.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze.

Fuse hole, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. --Farrow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)