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noun

Flue n.

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.

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

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

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"Flue" Quotes from Famous Books

... has also much to do with waste of fuel. As stoves are generally constructed, it is necessary for the heat to pass over the top, down the back, and under the bottom of the oven before escaping into the flue, in order to properly heat the oven for baking. In order to force the heat to make this circuit, the direct draft of the stove needs to be closed. With this precaution observed, a quick fire from a small amount of fuel, used ...

— Science in the Kitchen. • Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

... herself in her most Rachel-like attitude and glanced knowingly at the hot-air flue which she had been told was ...

— In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875. • L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone

... was close to the batteries a blaze suddenly shot up several feet above the chimneys. The soot had caught fire and the reflection was thrown far out on the water. The engineer immediately opened the flue caps and all was darkness again. So quickly did this singular glow come and vanish that it must have been mistaken by the sentinels for a part of the lightning display, for it caused no alarm; but the turning of the escape steam into the paddle-box had ...

— Dewey and Other Naval Commanders • Edward S. Ellis

... airing; cupboards for holding the various irons, starch, and other articles used in ironing; a hot-plate built in the chimney, with furnace beneath it for heating the irons; sometimes arranged with a flue for carrying the hot air round the room for drying. Where this is the case, however, there should be a funnel in the ceiling for ventilation and carrying off steam; but a better arrangement is to have a hot-air closet adjoining, heated by hot-air pipes, and ...

— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton

... old oven, which was apparently contrived in the thickness of the wall, and having fallen into disuse, had been closed up with bricks in this manner. It was formed after the simple old-fashioned plan of oven-building—a mere oblate cavity without a flue. ...

— Desperate Remedies • Thomas Hardy

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