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noun
1.
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
2.
any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
3.
a tube, especially a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
4.
Music.
Origin:
1555–65; earlier flew, perhaps representing Old English flēwsa a flowing, the form flews being taken as plural
1555–65; earlier flew, perhaps representing Old English flēwsa a flowing, the form flews being taken as plural
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Flues
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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noun
downy matter; fluff.
Origin:
1580–90; perhaps to be identified with Old English flug- (in flugol swift, fleeting); akin to fly1. Compare Low German flug
1580–90; perhaps to be identified with Old English flug- (in flugol swift, fleeting); akin to fly1. Compare Low German flug
noun
a fishing net.
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Word Origin & History
flue
"smoke channel in a chimney," 1582, perhaps related to 15c. word meaning "mouthpiece of a hunting horn," or perhaps from O.E. flowan "to flow," and/or O.Fr. fluie "stream."
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