'Flue' definitions:
Definition of 'flue'
From: WordNet
noun
Flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: fluke, flue]
noun
Organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: flue pipe, flue, labial pipe]
noun
A conduit to carry off smoke
Definition of 'Flue'
From: GCIDE
- Flue \Flue\ (fl[=u]), n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. Fluent); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flue'
From: GCIDE
- Flue \Flue\ (fl[=u]), 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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