a. and sb. 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. sb. Something which fuses.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 262. Esula is hot, sharp, and ulcerative, violently educing flegm; its substance being tenuious, is igneous, 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.
