Fusée. Any sort of composition, put in a cylindrical case. In English, however, the term fuse is confined to particular compositions; as fuse for bombs, howitzes and grenades.
Fusées chevelues. Bearded rockets. See [page 424.]
Fusées d'amorce. Priming fuses.
Fusées volantes. Flying or sky-rockets.
Garniture. Garniture, furniture, embellishment, ornament: in pyrotechny the small fire-works, such as stars, serpents, marrons, &c. which are put into the pots of sky-rockets, into fire-pots, &c. The petards with which the pots of incendiary rockets are charged.
Gargousse. Cartouch, cartridge. It more properly means the sack, or bag for containing the charge of powder for a cannon, when the bag is made of paper or parchment; but when it is made of serge, it is called sachet. (See sachet.)
Girandole. Chandelier: in pyrotechny, two or more horizontal wheels, placed above one another and turning upon the same vertical axis. When of different sizes, these wheels resemble a chandelier; hence the name.
Girande. A cluster, or assemblage, of several hundreds or thousands of rockets, thrown up at the same time. Several clusters may be arranged in different boxes, and fired separately with regular intervals, or all at the same time. In either case, the assemblage is called a Girande. It is also called gerbe. See gerbe, and [page 455.]
Gerbe. Sheaf; a fire-jet case, charged with the composition for brilliant or Chinese fire, which is thrown out in such a manner as to represent a luminous sheaf. A group of fuses, or fire-jets, fired at the same time, also bears this name: A Chinese tree.
Grenage. The graining of gunpowder.