Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Fuscéll-o, s. m. dim. Fuscéll-étto, Fuscéll-íno, Fuscéll-úzzo, a fescue,straw, a small bit of straw or the like, a mote. Cercar col fuscellino, to search diligently, to hunt for. Rompere il —, to break friendship, to become enemies.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
fuscello: a stub, a sprig, a stalke, a shank, a shaft, a little sticke, a butchers prick, a short straw. Also spindle shankes or stalkeing legges.