FUS 
Fuser, Fuze, or Fufe, in War. See Fuz 
FUSHENG, in Geography, a town of Pana in Cho- 
rafan, 36 miles N. of Herat. 
FUSIBILITY, that ee in metals and ee 
which difpofes them for fu 
Gold is more fufible shan iron or copper ; 
filver, a and lead. 
is frequently mixed with a to render them 
more fufible. 
FUSIFORMIS, RApIx, in Botany, ‘a {pindle- a 
root, as in the carrot, parinep, and radifh. See Roo 
NANO, in Geography, a town of Italy, in nde 
es et of the i Po; 24 miles S. E. of Ferrara. 
FUSIL, in ddraldry, by the French called fufeer 4. a. 
d 
i , is a bearing of a rhomboidal figure, more flender 
t 
but lefs fo than 
ran the lozenge ; its Riser _ lower ‘angles being more 
tio 
acute than the two middle 
Fusin, in Jdifitary Langug is a light mufket, nearly 
fimilar to a carabine, but in general more neatly fini se it 
being nfwally j intended for the ule of offic attac to 
ight companies, and thofe 
ou light arms are aa ui . Yee ae 
officers attached to grenadier companies bore fufils, but 
within thefe eu years that practice has been difcontinued, 
nor do many officers in any corps ule them; {words being 
the only ae ordina ay borne. ‘The fufils intended for 
officers are generally mounted with filv er, and have bayonets 
of a light con the bore 
o ferjeants fh ole 
being in every jullane? fuperior. We underftand m good 
authority that non-commiffioned, and fometimes even com- 
miffioned officers who bear fire-arms, do not attend fo much 
to the prefervation of difcipline, as they do to the taking 
aim. with their woe wherever opportunity offers for 
in proportion ‘to the  phguigy or ieae yee a central 
po olition, 
The a a the fufil-man fhould, in contradiftinction 
to thofe of t 
™m upwar 
ar and wide 
from the slo 5 and the j jolie a hand fhould. ie denoted 
rh ta 
FUS 
by the reverfe, that is, by throwi ee the othe dara Je arm 
forcibly towards, acrofs the body. The motion of a 
fi . 
LEER. in “Militar 4 Dane This sates 
hhould Titerally apply to men “bearing fulils, ‘but it is im many 
inflances given to regiments which eel but little from the 
ordinary clafs of regiments cf the line. The duties alle a 
niiees, properly {peaking, are chiefly directed to the fam 
fora, or 0 
fince fuch will tend bef to ne concealment of thofe who 
may be ordered to she poflefs, &c. for the a of 
a or 0 Fufileer i ould 
saaaans 
a 
t a . 
ons $ ie belts fhould be of the fame colour as 
ought alfo the ed — fh ree of asap with flaps to 
water-proof, 
deteriorating the freedom of motion. 
bayonet ought to be browned over all thofe parts ufually 
kept bright ; in order that no rays fhould be refleted from 
e 
ion of c erably ihn thofe 
of the spasm? wach ae cannot be cuted, 
ee can, rarely fail while on active fervice to 
trench Gpek the little reft he may occafionally be able to 
obtain 
FUSILUS, i in Botany, a name given by fome to aa 
saa amore common name for the euonymuse 
FUSILY, or Fusitx, in Heraldry, is when a field, or 
ordinary, is entirely covered over, or divided into fufils. 
FUSINI, in Geography, a town of Japan, in the ifland 
of Niphon, 16 miles Meaco. 
FUSION, the folution or meltin 
&c. by means of sa or t 
their folid ftate- to 
he word is derived = the 
ng of metals, minerals, 
the act of changing them from 
Latin, fufio; of fund 
out. oS aalfos effufion, infufion, fuffufion, al 
ha ke ons which fe 
To give the ore . metallic form, they fufe it; when it 
is in Bea. the metalline fubftance, being the heaviett, finks 
to the bottom of the furnace; the other terreftrial matters 
rifling, in form of {coria, to the furface 
t is com ey ee that the fihon and metalline 
form of wholly effe& of fire; and we have 
carat of fufibility fotaded on this principle ; but it isa 
mitta ne. Fire, no doubt, is the principal agent 3 but 
Te, alone: is not fuffici A mineral, or pi of metal 
not purified, bei ut e - a oo ae with great 
