'Chimney money' definitions:

Definition of 'Chimney money'

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  • Chimney \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. Chimneys. [F. chemin['e]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace, oven.]
  • 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. (Zool.) (a) An American swift (Ch[ae]ture 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'chimney money'

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  • Hearth \Hearth\ (h[aum]rth), n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heor[eth]; akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. h[aum]rd, G. herd; cf. Goth. ha['u]ri a coal, Icel. hyrr embers, and L. cremare to burn.]
  • 1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove. [1913 Webster]
  • There was a fire on the hearth burning before him. --Jer. xxxvi. 22. [1913 Webster]
  • Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside. [1913 Webster]
  • Household talk and phrases of the hearth. --Tennyson.
  • 3. (Metal. & Manuf.) The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles; as, an open-hearth smelting furnace. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Hearth ends (Metal.), fragments of lead ore ejected from the furnace by the blast.
  • Hearth money, Hearth penny [AS. heor[eth]pening], a tax formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; -- called also chimney money, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • He had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth money. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]