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Fusil vs Pusil - What's the difference?

fusil | pusil |

In obsolete terms the difference between fusil and pusil

is that fusil is formed by melting and pouring into a mould; cast; founded while pusil is very small; little; petty.

As a noun fusil

is a bearing of a rhomboidal figure, resembling a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.

fusil

English

Etymology 1

See fusee.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (heraldiccharge) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, resembling a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
  • (historical) A light flintlock musket.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
  • * Woodward
    • A kind of fusil marble.
  • (obsolete) Running or flowing, like a liquid.
  • * J. Philips
    • A fusil sea.
  • (obsolete) Formed by melting and pouring into a mould; cast; founded.
    • (Milton)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    pusil

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Very small; little; petty.
    • (Bacon)

    Related terms

    * pusillanimous (Webster 1913)