flue
English
/fluː/, /fljuː/
noun
Definitions
- A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
- An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
- (obsolete) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
- In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flue, *flews derived from Old English flēwsa (flux, flowing, a flow) derived from Middle English floute.
Origin
Middle English
floute
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flued English
- flueless English
- fluelike English
- fluework English
- fluey English
- flute English
- flute-player English
- fluted English
- fluteless English
- flutelike English
- flutemouth English
- fluter English
- flutey English
- fluty English
- hyperbass flute English
- multiflue English
- multiflued English
- unflued English
- work English
- flēwsa Old English
- *flews Middle English
- fleute Middle English
- floute Middle English
- flue Middle English
- fliúit Irish
- flaute Old French
- ffliwt Welsh