FLUE

flue

(noun) a conduit to carry off smoke

fluke, flue

(noun) flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

flue (plural flues)

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.

(obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.

In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

Etymology 2

Adjective

flue (comparative more flue, superlative most flue)

(UK, dialect) Alternative form of flew (“shallow, flat”)

Anagrams

• fuel, fule

Source: Wiktionary

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Flue, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. Fluent); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W. llwch dust. sq. root84.]

Definition: Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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