On Wednesday 30 August 2006 22:26, jdow wrote:
>From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Since I'd never heard of 'fuze' I checked four dictionaries. Three
>> of them didn't list it. The fourth said that it is a 'US variant
>> spelling of "fuse"'
>
>More <choke> precisely </choke> a fuze in my experience is solely used
>for an explosives detonator. It is not used when speaking of electrical
>protection devices or when speaking of joining two objects intimately
>as with welding.
>
>{^_^}
A somewhat more familiar variation on that, a 'fuzee', seems to be american
slang for a dynamite stick sized (and similarly composed chemically)
lighting flare device, to be ignited near the scene of an accident by
truckers who are required to carry 3 of them for such emergencies.
Usually equipt with a sharp spike on the end opposite the kitchen match
like end used to start its burning with a bright magenta colored light so
that it can be stuck in the ground. IIRC they have about a 15 minute burn
time. I have NDI what sort of requirements along these lines that might
be required of the british lorry drivers.
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