Chimney-flue
41flue — Synonyms and related words: air, blubber, breeze, bubble, butter, chaff, chimney, chimney corner, chip, clay, cobweb, cork, cushion, dough, down, dust, eiderdown, ether, fairy, feather, feather bed, feathers, fender, fire screen, fireboard,… …
42flue lining — noun : a lining for chimney flues that consists of successive hollow sections of rectangular or circular hard burned clay and serves to protect the house against escape of gases or fire from the flue, the brick of the chimney usually being built… …
43Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840 — The Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840 was a British Act of Parliament passed to try to stop child labour. Many boys as young as six were being used as chimney sweeps. This act prohibited any person under 21 being compelled or… …
44Chimney Sweepers Regulation Act 1864 — The Chimney Sweepers Regulation Act 1864 was a British Act of Parliament that amended the Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840 passed to try to stop child labour. Commissioners appointed in 1862 reported that several thousand… …
45flue — n. 1 a smoke duct in a chimney. 2 a channel for conveying heat, esp. a hot air passage in a wall; a tube for heating water in some kinds of boiler. Phrases and idioms: flue cure cure (tobacco) by artificial heat from flues. flue pipe an organ… …
46flue — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1582 an enclosed passageway for directing a current: as a. a channel in a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air b. a pipe for conveying flame and hot gases around or through water in a steam… …
47flue — flue1 /flooh/, n. 1. a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney. 2. any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like. 3. a tube, esp. a large one, in a fire tube boiler. 4. Music. a. See flue pipe. b. Also called windway …
48flue — noun Flue is used after these nouns: ↑chimney …
49flue — [[t]flu͟ː[/t]] flues N COUNT A flue is a pipe or long tube that acts as a chimney, taking smoke away from a device such as a heater, fire, or cooker …
50flue — noun periodically check the flue for obstructions Syn: duct, tube, shaft, vent, pipe, passage, channel, conduit; funnel, chimney, smokestack …
