fusing or fuzing
M-W online defines "fusing or fuzing: to equip with a fuse" I discovered "fuzing" in a federal legal something on the court TV site. I don't recall seeing "fuzing" before. Is "fuzing" commonplace?
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The OED2 has three cites that use the /z/ spelling, all from the 19th century (and two from one NY newspaper): 1869 Daily News 3 July, The Horse Artillery..obtained 265 impressions with the Shrapnell;...
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Military and other explosive-handling folks often use the spelling "fuze" to distinguish the thing that sets off an explosion from the thing that protects electrical equipment against short-circuits...
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Quote:There seems to be overlap also with fusee and fuzee. A fusee or fuzee was a light musket (from the French fusil) such as was carried by fusiliers and by infantry subalterns of the British Army...
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Still offtopically: fusee and fuzee also describe the conical spindle used in some clockwork mechanisms "to maintain even travel in the timekeeping mechanism as the force of the mainspring lessens in...
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