Obs. rare. [alteration of FUSEE, assimilated to prec.] = FUSEE2 2. Also fuse-wheel.
1674. Petty, Disc. Dupl. Proportion, 119. In the Fuze of a Watch, the greatest strength of the Spring is made to work upon the shortest Vectis; and the least upon the longest, so as to equalize the whole.
1701. Grew, Cosm. Sacra, II. vi. § 86. 61. Thinking Men considered how it [a clock] might be made portable … and so … put the Spring and Fuse-wheel, which make a Watch.
