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NOUN (3)

1. flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor;
[syn: fluke, flue]

2. organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip;
[syn: flue pipe, flue, labial pipe]

3. a conduit to carry off smoke;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flue n 1: flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: fluke, flue] 2: organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: flue pipe, flue, labial pipe] 3: a conduit to carry off smoke