† ˈfusive, a. and n. Obs. rare.
[f. L. fūs- ppl. stem of fundĕre to pour + -ive.]
A. adj. Tending to fuse; in quot., tending to thin (the blood). Cf. fuse v.2 1 d. B. n. Something which fuses.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 262 Esula is..sharp, incisive, tenuative, fusive, apertive and siccative. 1678 R. R[ussell] Geber iii. ii. ii. xii. 197 The special fusive of it [i.e. Iron] is Arsnick of every kind. |