Chimney-flue
21flue — flue1 [flo͞o] n. [< ? OFr fluie, a flowing, stream] 1. a tube, pipe, or shaft for the passage of smoke, hot air, exhaust fumes, etc., esp. in a chimney 2. [ME, mouthpiece of a hunting horn] a) a flue pipe in an organ b) the opening or passage… …
22chimney — (n.) late 13c., from O.Fr. cheminee fire place (12c., Mod.Fr. cheminée), from L.L. (camera) caminata fireplace, room with a fireplace, from L. caminatus, adj. of caminus hearth, oven, flue, from Gk. kaminos furnace. Chimney sweep attested from… …
23chimney — [n] smokestack for building chase, chimney pot, chimney stack, fireplace, flue, funnel, furnace, hearth, pipe, smokeshaft, stack, vent, ventilator; concept 440 …
24flue — smoke channel in a chimney, 1580s, perhaps related to 15c. word meaning mouthpiece of a hunting horn, or perhaps from O.E. flowan to flow, and/or O.Fr. fluie stream …
25flue — [n] pipe channel, chimney, duct, exhaust pipe, passage, smoke duct, tube, vent; concept 440 …
26flue — ► NOUN 1) a duct in a chimney for smoke and waste gases. 2) a pipe or passage for conveying heat. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
27Chimney — For other uses, see Chimney (disambiguation). Smokestack redirects here. For the 1963 avant garde jazz album, see Smokestack (album). The world s tallest chimney, of GRES 2 in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan. A chimney is a structure for venting hot flue… …
28chimney — chimneyless, adj. chimneylike, adj. /chim nee/, n., pl. chimneys, v., chimneyed, chimneying. n. 1. a structure, usually vertical, containing a passage or flue by which the smoke, gases, etc., of a fire or furnace are carried off and by means of… …
29Flue — For other uses, see Flue (disambiguation). A seven flue chimney in a four storey Georgian house in London, showing alternative methods of sweeping A flue is a duct, pipe, or chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, furnace, water… …
30Flue pipe — Four flue pipes of a diapason rank. A flue pipe (also referred to as a labial pipe) is an organ pipe that produces sound through the vibration of air molecules, in the same manner as a recorder or a whistle. Air under pressure (referred to as… …
