chimney
(noun) a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chimney (plural chimneys)
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based fuels); a flue.
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
(British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
chimney (third-person singular simple present chimneys, present participle chimneying, simple past and past participle chimneyed)
(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Chim"ney, n.; pl. Chimneys. Etym: [F. cheminée, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr.
1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton.
3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
4. (Min.)
Definition: A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. Raymond. Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard.
– Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward.
– Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside.
– Chimney hook, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, -- Chimney money, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney.
– Chimney pot (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof.
– Chimney swallow. (Zoöl.) (a) An American swift (Chæture pelasgica) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow (Hirundo rustica).
– Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 March 2025
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
