flue

flue
flue1
/flooh/, n.
1. a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
2. any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
3. a tube, esp. a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
4. Music.
a. See flue pipe.
b. Also called windway. a narrow slit in the upper end of an organ pipe through which the air current is directed.
[1555-65; earlier flew, perh. repr. OE flewsa a flowing, the form flews being taken as pl.]
flue2
/flooh/, n.
downy matter; fluff.
[1580-90; perh. to be identified with OE flug- (in flugol swift, fleeting); akin to FLY1. Compare LG flug]
flue3
/flooh/, n.
a fishing net.
Also, flew.
[1350-1400; ME flowe; cf. MD vluwe fishing net]

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