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Noun

  1. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  2. An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.


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Danish

Noun

flue

  1. fly


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Esperanto

Adverb

  1. early


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flue \Flue\ (fl[=u]), n. [Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau
weak, W. llwch dust. [root]84.]
Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine
lint or hair. --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flue \Flue\ (fl[=u]), n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to
flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. Fluent); a perh. a corruption of
E. flute.]
1. An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a
current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:
(a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying
flame and smoke to the outer air.
(b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul,
or heated air from one place to another.
(c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame
and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler;
-- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is
surrounded by fire. Small flues are called {fire
tubes} or simply tubes.
[1913 Webster]

2. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip
and the languet.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Flue boiler. See under Boiler.

Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and
the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace.

Flue plate (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the
flues are fastened; -- called also flue sheet, {tube
sheet}, and tube plate.

Flue surface (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues
exposed to flame or the hot gases.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet flue
n 1: flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: fluke]
2: organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the
sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: flue pipe, {labial
pipe}]
3: a conduit to carry off smoke
Moby Dictionary
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 , fireguard , fireplace , fireside ,
fleece , floss , flue pipe , fluff , foam , froth , fumarole , funnel ,
fur , fuzz , gossamer , hearth , hearthstone , hob , hub , ingle ,
inglenook , ingleside , kapok , lint , mote , pile , pillow , plush ,
pudding , puff , putty , rubber , satin , silk , smokehole , smokeshaft ,
smokestack , sponge , spume , stack , stovepipe , straw , swansdown ,
thistledown , velvet , wax , wool , zephyr


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