Fuse

(fūz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. FUSED; p. pr. & vb. n. FUSING.] [Lat. fundere, fusum, to pour, melt, to cast.] To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.

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

(fūz), n. A tube filled with combustible matter used in blasting, or in discharging a shell, &c.