wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed
red flare light, used on a railroad as a warning signal to approaching trains
spirally grooved, conical pulley and chain arrangement for counteracting the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
a conical spirally grooved pulley in a timepiece from which a cord or chain unwinds onto a cylinder containing the mainspring and which by its increasing diameter compensates for the lessening power of the spring
FUSEE, a large-headed friction match [n]
red signal flare used especially for protecting stalled trains and trucks
FUSEE, a large-headed friction match, also FUZEE [n]