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  FEW:  fusus 3,921b Gdf:  fuisel 4,177b GdfC: ∅ TL: fusel 3,2362 DEAF:  fusel  DMF:  fuseau  TLF:  fuseau  OED:  fusil n.1  MED:  fusil n.  DMLBS:  fusillus 1040a
fisel,  fisil,  fisyle;  foesele;  fucil,  fuisel,  fusel,  fusile,  fusille,  fusyl,  fuxil; 
pl. fuseys,  fusilis,  fusilleus,  fusiyls  ii 150.48  

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1textileimplementspindle, slender rod used for spinning wool, flax or other fibres into thread: 
( MS: c.1250 )  Hoc fusum: fusel  i 414
( 1235-55; MS: 1307-25 )  De treys choses seert le fusil (M.E. spinnel). Le fil est filé du fusil [...]  439
( MS: s.xiii ) pencis: (A) .i. fisel et quandoque dicitur fusel  ii 53.89
( MS: s.xiii2 )  pensis: de fisils, fyn  ii 6
( MS: s.xiiiex ) fusillos: (C) fusils (var. (C*: s.xiii) fusils, anglice spindlen;  (L: s.xiii) fusilleus )  ii 128.14
2mill spindle, axle on which a millstone revolves: 
( 1235-55; MS: 1307-25 )  E le blé est molu par le fusil (M.E. mulne spinel)  442
( 1309 )  la fuzil (var. soil; fusille) de soun molyn  Ed II ii 112
3herald.fusil (elongated lozenge, spindle shape): 
( c.1350; MS: s.xvin )  Le conte de Salesbrey Montagu porte d’argent ové trois fusilles de goules  323
ferce#2  fusee  fusein  fusilé  fussel  fusselet#1 
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