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Flue

Flue Meaning & Definition
Flue Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flue?

[n] a conduit to carry off smoke
[n] organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
[n] flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flue: flue pipe | fluke | labial pipe

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flue: 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

See Also | anchor | chimney | chimneystack | conduit | ground tackle | lamp chimney | organ pipe | pipe | pipework | projection

Flue In Webster's Dictionary

\Flue\, n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. {Fluent}); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.] 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. {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.
\Flue\, 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.
\Flue\, n. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

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