About The Word Flue
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Flue
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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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