fuse

A potentially ambiguous name that could refer to either an electrical fuse (a sacrificial device to prevent excessive current in a circuit) and a explosives fuse. For tagging purposes this tag refers specifically to the explosive variety of fuse, used to initiate the ignition of explosives and pyrotechnics. In particular this tag especially refers to the burning variety of fuse you would find on dynamite sticks, consumer fireworks, pipe bombs or the stereotypical black spherical old style bombs. Given their visual similarity, they're occasionally referred to as a wick (such as those those used in candles and oil lamps).