fuzing
present participle of fuze
Source: Wiktionary
Fuze, n.
Definition: A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n. Chemical fuze, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion.
– Concussion fuze, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile.
– Electric fuze, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current.
– Friction fuze, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction.
– Percussion fuze, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound.
– Time fuze, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
