A light musket or firelock.
A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad.
A large friction match.
A fuse for an explosive.
One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.
A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.
A metallic rod or pin.
A fall or stumble.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
A mess of something that has been dropped.
The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
To reveal information to an uninformed party.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
To come undone.
To spread out or fall out, as above.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.