Flare vs. Fusee

A flare, also sometimes called a fusée, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares are used for distress signaling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications.

a conical pulley or wheel, especially in a watch or clock.

To flame up with a bright, wavering light.

a large-headed match capable of staying alight in strong wind.

To burst into intense, sudden flame.

a railway signal flare.

To erupt or intensify suddenly

A usually cone-shaped pulley with a spiral groove, used in a cord- or chain-winding clock to maintain even travel in the timekeeping mechanism as the force of the mainspring lessens in unwinding.

To become suddenly angry. Used with up

A colored flare used as a warning signal for trucks and railroad trains.

To make a sudden angry verbal attack. Used with out

A match with a large head capable of burning in a wind.

To expand or open outward in shape

A combustible fuse for detonating explosives.

To cause to flame up.

A light musket or firelock.

To signal with a blaze of light.

A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.

A brief wavering blaze of light.

A large friction match.

A device that produces a bright light for signaling, illumination, or identification.

A fuse for an explosive.

An outbreak, as of emotion or activity.

(US) A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad.

An expanding or opening outward.

One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.

An unwanted reflection within an optical system or the resultant fogging of the image.

A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.

A solar flare.

A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.

(Football) A short pass to a back running toward the sideline.

A signal device, usually cylindrical, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time. It is used principally for the protection of trains or road vehicles, indicating an obstruction or accident ahead. Also called a flare or railroad flare.

(Baseball) A fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield.

The track of a buck.

An area of redness on the skin surrounding the primary site of infection or irritation.

The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.

A sudden worsening of the symptoms of a disease or condition

a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring

A sudden bright light.

a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind

A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.

any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

(oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.

(figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.

A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.

(nautical) The increase in width of most ship hulls with increasing height above the waterline.

(in plural) Bell-bottom trousers.

(aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

(baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.

(American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.

(photography) lens flare

An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).

A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.

(transitive) To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas (flare gas).

(transitive) To cause inflammation; to inflame.

(ambitransitive) To open outward in shape.

To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

(intransitive) To blaze brightly.

(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.

To suddenly happen or intensify.

To suddenly erupt in anger.

To be exposed to too much light.

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.

To be exposed to too much light.

To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.

An unsteady, broad, offensive light.

A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.

A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a fogged spot in the center of the developed negative.

Leaf of lard.

a shape that spreads outward;

a sudden burst of flame

a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation

a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms;

a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference

am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)

a sudden outburst of emotion;

a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification

a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines;

(baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield

burn brightly;

become flared and widen, usually at one end;

shine with a sudden light;

erupt or intensify suddenly;