flue 1
/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. ]
flue 2
/flooh/ , n.
downy matter; fluff.
[ 1580-90; perh. to be identified with OE flug- (in flugol swift, fleeting); akin to FLY 1 . Compare LG flug ]
flue 3
/flooh/ , n.
a fishing net.
Also, flew .
[ 1350-1400; ME flowe; cf. MD vluwe fishing net ]