The first white man they brought me was a wretched drunkard known to the boys as 'Old fusil,' or 'Fusel Oil,' who went into delirium tremens at the sight of me.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
Hang up my sword and fusil over your chimney-place, and tell your children, twenty years hence, how they were won.
"Septimius Felton or, The Elixir of Life"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
He therefore resolved to keep the watch, and even the sword and fusil,-which were less questionable spoils of war,-only till he should be able to restore them to some representative of the young officer.
"Septimius Felton or, The Elixir of Life"
Nathaniel Hawthorne